kathak

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”).

Noun

kathak (countable and uncountable, plural kathaks)

1. One of the eight classical dance forms of India.
   • 2001 September 28, Kelly Kleiman, “Fight From the Inside”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But the differences go beyond this: as the narrator explained, kathak grew up in the royal courts while bharatanatyam emerged from the temples.

Anagrams

• khatak