कहानी

See also: कहना, कहने, and कुहनी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀥𑀸𑀡𑀕 (kadhāṇaga), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.ɦɑː.niː/, [kɐ.ɦäː.niː]

Noun

कहानी • (kahānī) f (Urdu spelling کَہَانِی)

1. story, narrative

   हो सकता है कि उसकी कहानी सच नहीं है।

   ho saktā hai ki uskī kahānī sac nahī̃ hai.

   It may be that his story is not true.

2. plot

Declension

Declension of कहानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कहानी kahānī	कहानियाँ kahāniyā̃
oblique	कहानी kahānī	कहानियों kahāniyõ
vocative	कहानी kahānī	कहानियो kahāniyo

Related terms

• कहना (kahnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कहानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press