संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : कथा

कथा

किस्सा, कहानी, कथा, लघुकथा, दंतकथा, उपाख्यान

anecdote, fable, story, tale, narrative, reminiscence, gag

उदाहरणम् : बिग बॉस में श्री संत ने अपने खेल से संबंधित एक दिलचस्प किस्सा साझा किया।

विवरणम् : किसी काल्पनिक या वास्तविक घटना का संक्षिप्त वर्णन, मुहावरा- किस्सा पाक होना= अंत या समाप्ति होना

कथा

कहानी, वार्तालाप, संलाप, विवरण

story, talk, conversation, account

शब्द-भेद : स्‍त्री.

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

कथा — fiction (Noun)

कथा — narration (Noun)

कथा — narrative (Noun)

कथा — story (Noun)

Monier–Williams

कथा — {kathā} (for 2. col. 3), f. conversation, speech, talking together ĀśvGṛ. MBh. Mn. &c##talk, mention##({kā kathā} [with gen. or more commonly with loc. and sometimes with {prati}), what should one say of? how should one speak of? e.g. {eko'pi kṛcchrād varteta bhūyasāṃ tu kathâiva kā}, even one person would live with difficulty, what should one say of many? i.e. how much more many? Kathās. iv, 123##{kā kathā bāṇa-saṃdhāne}, what mention of fitting the arrow? i.e. what necessity for fitting the arrow? Śak. 53 a)##story, tale, fable MBh. R. Hit. &c##a feigned story, tale (as one, of the species of poetical composition) Sāh. 567 Kāvyâd##Story (personified) Kathās##(in log.) discussion, disputation Sarvad

कथा — {kathā} (for 1. col. 1), ind. (Ved. for {kathám} Pāṇ. 5-3, 26) how? whence? why? RV. AV. viii, 1, 16 TS. &c##({yathā kathā ca}, in any way whatsoever ŚBr. iv)##sometimes merely a particle of interrogation (e.g. {kathā śṛṇoti}.. {índraḥ}, does Indra hear? RV. iv, 23, 3##{kathā-kathā}, whether-or? TS. ii, 6, 1, 7)

इन्हें भी देखें : अनेकधर्मकथा; अप्रतिरूपकथा; अवतारकथा; उपकथा; कथाकोश; कथाकौतुक; कथाक्रम; कथाचण; आधारित; ड्रेगनः; हिममानवः; पातालीय;