kathak
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”).
Noun[edit]
kathak (countable and uncountable, plural kathaks)
- 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.