कथन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथन (kathana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪ʰən/, [kɐ.t̪ʰɐ̃n]

Noun

कथन • (kathan) m (Urdu spelling کَتھَن)

1. telling, relating, saying
2. narration
3. statement

   संयुक्त कथन ― sañyukt kathan ― compound statement

Declension

Declension of कथन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कथन kathan	कथन kathan
oblique	कथन kathan	कथनों kathanõ
vocative	कथन kathan	कथनो kathano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কথন (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬣᬦ (Balinese script)
• কথন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰞𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကထန (Burmese script)
• કથન (Gujarati script)
• ਕਥਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌥𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦡꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂟𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಥನ (Kannada script)
• កថន (Khmer script)
• ກຖນ (Lao script)
• കഥന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘞𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠲᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦾𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐠𑐣 (Newa script)
• କଥନ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢢꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆡𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖞𑖡 (Siddham script)
• කථන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩬𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚚𑚝 (Takri script)
• கத²ந (Tamil script)
• కథన (Telugu script)
• กถน (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཐ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒟𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨚𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root कथ् (kath) +‎ -अन (-ana)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tʰɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

कथन • (kathana) stem, n

1. the act of telling, narration, relating, informing

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कथन (kathana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कथनम् kathanam	कथने kathane	कथनानि / कथना¹ kathanāni / kathanā¹
Vocative	कथन kathana	कथने kathane	कथनानि / कथना¹ kathanāni / kathanā¹
Accusative	कथनम् kathanam	कथने kathane	कथनानि / कथना¹ kathanāni / kathanā¹
Instrumental	कथनेन kathanena	कथनाभ्याम् kathanābhyām	कथनैः / कथनेभिः¹ kathanaiḥ / kathanebhiḥ¹
Dative	कथनाय kathanāya	कथनाभ्याम् kathanābhyām	कथनेभ्यः kathanebhyaḥ
Ablative	कथनात् kathanāt	कथनाभ्याम् kathanābhyām	कथनेभ्यः kathanebhyaḥ
Genitive	कथनस्य kathanasya	कथनयोः kathanayoḥ	कथनानाम् kathanānām
Locative	कथने kathane	कथनयोः kathanayoḥ	कथनेषु kathaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Telugu: కథనము (kathanamu)