कथम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কথম্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬣᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • কথম্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰞𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀣𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ကထမ် (Burmese script)
  • કથમ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਥਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌥𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦡꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂟𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕಥಮ್ (Kannada script)
  • កថម៑ (Khmer script)
  • ກຖມ຺ (Lao script)
  • കഥമ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠᡨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘞𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠲᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑦾𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐠𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
  • କଥମ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢢꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆡𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖞𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • කථම් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩬𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚚𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
  • கத²ம் (Tamil script)
  • కథమ్ (Telugu script)
  • กถมฺ (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ཐ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒟𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨚𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From क (ká, “what”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

कथम् • (kathám)

  1. how; in what manner
    त्वम् कथम् जानासि।
    tvam katham jānāsi.
    How do you know?
  2. 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 247/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
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