Where does “ਕਥਾ” come from?

ਕਥਾ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

ਕਥਾ (Punjabi): katha Hindu religious story

Definitions

  1. katha Hindu religious story

Ancestry of “ਕਥਾ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ਕਥਾ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →