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kath has 5 results

Root Word (Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha:)	Full Root	Marker	Sense	Class	Sutra
√kaṭh	kaṭha	a	kṛcchrajīvane	1	225
√kaṭh	kaṭha	a	madanivāsayoḥ	1	225
√kaṭh	kaṭhi	i	śoke	1	167
√kaṭh	kaṭhi	i	śoke	10	238
√kath	katha	a	vaiklavye	1	507

kath has 2 results

Root Word	IAST	Meaning	Monier Williams Page	Class
√कठ्	kaṭh	living in distress / kṛccha-jīvana	304/2, 423/2	Cl.1
√कथ्	kath	telling, narrating / vākyaprabandha	936/2	Cl.10

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

niṣpakvam	3.1.94	Masculine	Singular	kathitam

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kath

cl.10 P. (Epic also A1.) kathayati- (-te-) Aorist acakathat- (

) and acīkathat- (

), to converse with any one (instrumental case,sometimes with saha-)

; to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare, explain, describe (with accusative of the thing or person spoken about)

etc. ; to announce, show, exhibit, bespeak, betoken

etc. ; to order, command

; to suppose, state

: Passive voice kathyate-, to be called, be regarded or considered as, pass for

; ([fr. katham-,"to tell the how"; confer, compare Gothic qvithan; Old High German quethanandquedan; English quothandquote.])

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kath

कथ् 1 U. (कथयति-ते, कथित) 1 To tell, relate, narrate, communicate (usually with dat. of person); राममिष्वसनदर्शनोत्सुकं मैथिलाय कथयांबभूव सः R.11.37. -2 To declare, state, mention; अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति ते$व्ययाम् Bg.2.34; R.11.15. -3 To converse, talk with, hold conversation with; कथयित्वा सुमन्त्रेण सह Rām. -4 To indicate, betray, bespeak, show; V.1.6; Māl.8.1; आकारसदृशं चेष्टितमेवास्य कथयति Ś.7. -5 To describe, relate; किं कथ्यते श्रीरुभयस्य तस्य Ku.7.78; कथाच्छलेन बालानां नीतिस्तदिह कथ्यते H. Pr.8; Pt.4.37. -6 To inform, give information about, complain against; Mk.3. -7 to denounce. -8 To suppose. -9 To praise, narrate devotedly; भुवि त्वां कथयन्तो हि सिद्धिमेष्यन्ति राघव Rām.7.82.12. -Pass. (कथ्यते) 1 To be called. -2 To be regarded or considered as.

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kath	verb (class 4 ātmanepada) to abuse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to boast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to celebrate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to coax (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to flatter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to mention with praise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to praise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) to revile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 6497/72933

Wordnet Search

"kath"" has 5 results.


kath	vad, vac, brū, kath, bhāṣ, abhilap, ābhāṣ, parijalp, samuccar, samābhāṣ, sambrū, sampravad, sambhāṣ, saṃvac, saṃlap āsyaprayatnābhyāṃ mukhāt vyaktaiḥ dhvanibhiḥ vāṅ-niṣpattyanukūlaḥ vyāpāraḥ। sīmā ḍakārasya sthāne rephaṃ vadati।
kath	varṇ, vivṛ, nirvarṇ, upavarṇ, anuvarṇ, kath, parigad, pradṛś, prabrū vistareṇa viśiṣṭaṃ viṣayam adhikṛtya vākyaprabandhānukūlaḥ vyāpāraḥ। saḥ hyastanān vṛttāntān varṇayati।
kath	kath, ācakṣ, śaṃs, ākhyā, khyā, gad, nigad, nirūp samācārasūcanādibhiḥ jñāpanānukūlaḥ vyāpāraḥ। saḥ mahyam akathayat saḥ kāryaṃ tyaktvā gacchati।
kath	kath, ākhyā, ācakṣ, śaṃs, abhidhā kasyacana kāryasya vastunaḥ viṣaye vā jñāpanānukūlaḥ vyāpāraḥ। saḥ acīkathat yad rahīmaḥ adya na āgamiṣyati।
kath	kath, ālap, brū, prabhāṣ, vac kathanānukūlavyāpāraḥ। pitāmahaḥ kimapi kathayati।/ ālapāmi bhartaḥ ālapāmi [svapnavāsavadattam]

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