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Where does “పిట్టకథ” come from?

పిట్టకథ (Telugu) comes from Telugu కథ, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

పిట్టకథ (Telugu): idle story

Definitions

  1. idle story

Ancestry of “పిట్టకథ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguకథstory; A tale, legend
2Sanskritकथाstory
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
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