কাহিনী

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kahaṇi), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī).

Noun

কাহিনী • (kahini)

story
Synonyms: সাধু (xadhu), গল্প (golpo)

Bengali

Alternative forms

কাহিনি (kahini)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀓𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀻 (kahānī), the feminine form of 𑀓𑀳𑀸𑀦 (kahāna), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka, “short tale”), the diminutive of the vriddhi of कथन (kathana, “narration”). Cognate with Assamese কাহিনী (kahini), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kahaṇi), Hindustani کَہَانِی (kahānī) / कहानी (kahānī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī). Doublet of কথা (kotha), কথপোকথন (kothopōkothon), and কহা (koha).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kaɦini/, [ˈkaɦiniˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kaɦini/, [ˈkaɦiniˑ]

Noun

কাহিনী • (kahini)

story, tale
Synonym: গল্প (golpo)

এটি একটি প্রেম কাহিনী।
eṭi ekṭi prem kahini.
This is a love story.

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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