কথন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit কথন (kathana). Compare Assamese কথন (kothon), Odia କଥନ (kôthônô), Hindustani کتھن / कथन (kathan).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔt̪ʰɔn/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰɔn]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔt̪ʰɔn/, [ˈkɔt̪ʰɔn]

Noun

কথন • (kothon)

  1. act or mode of speaking
  2. utterance, statement
    Synonym: কথ (koth)
  3. saying
  4. speech

Declension
Inflection of কথন
nominative কথন
kôthôn
objective কথন / কথনকে
kôthôn (semantically general or indefinite) / kôthônke (semantically definite)
genitive কথনের
kôthôner
locative কথনে
kôthône
Indefinite forms
nominative কথন
kôthôn
objective কথন / কথনকে
kôthôn (semantically general or indefinite) / kôthônke (semantically definite)
genitive কথনের
kôthôner
locative কথনে
kôthône
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative কথনটা , কথনটি
kôthônṭa (colloquial), kôthônṭi (formal)		 কথনগুলা, কথনগুলো
kôthôngula (colloquial), kôthôngulo (formal)
objective কথনটা, কথনটি
kôthônṭa (colloquial), kôthônṭi (formal)		 কথনগুলা, কথনগুলো
kôthôngula (colloquial), kôthôngulo (formal)
genitive কথনটার, কথনটির
kôthônṭar (colloquial), kôthônṭir (formal)		 কথনগুলার, কথনগুলোর
kôthôngular (colloquial), kôthôngulor (formal)
locative কথনটাতে / কথনটায়, কথনটিতে
kôthônṭate / kôthônṭay (colloquial), kôthônṭite (formal)		 কথনগুলাতে / কথনগুলায়, কথনগুলোতে
kôthôngulate / kôthôngulay (colloquial), kôthôngulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কথন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, কথন, Bengali-English Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
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