कहानी

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀥𑀸𑀡𑀕 (kadhāṇaga), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی‎ (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Oriya କାହାଣୀ (kahaṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ɦɑː.niː/, [kə.ɦäː.n̪iː]

कहानी • (kahānī) f (Urdu spelling کَہَانِی‎)

1. story, narrative
2. plot

• कहना (kahnā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कहानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kathānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press