noun
Meaning 1
The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
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Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
katha
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 TH AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Such storytelling considered as a genre.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.
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History
Etymology
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha).