Where does “katha” come from?

katha (English) comes from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

katha (English): The recitation of a Hindu religious story, or...

Definitions

  1. The recitation of a Hindu religious story, or...

Ancestry of “katha”, step by step

katha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit कथा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकथाstory
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—

via Hindi कट्ठा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकट्ठाkatha, one-twentieth of a bigha and twenty dhurs

Words derived from “katha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →