कहानी

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

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

कहानी • (kahānī) f (Urdu spelling کَہَانِی)

1. story, narrative

   हो सकता है कि उसकी कहानी सच नहीं है।

   ho saktā hai ki uskī kahānī sac nahī̃ hai.

   It may be that his story is not true.

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