कहाणी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀅 n (kahāṇaa), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ɦa.ɳi/, [ka.ɳiː]

Noun

कहाणी • (kahāṇī) f

1. story, tale

   Synonyms: कथा (kathā), गोष्ट (goṣṭa)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कहाणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कहाणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कहाणी-कहाणी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press