कथम्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From क (ká, “what”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tʰɐ́m/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪ʰɐm/

Adverb

कथम् • (kathám)

how; in what manner
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
त्वम् कथम् जानासि।
tvam katham jānāsi.
How do you know?
an interrogative particle
Synonym: किम् (kím)

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀳𑀁 (kahaṃ)
Pali: kathaṃ
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀥𑀁 (kadhaṃ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कथम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247.

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