कहानी

हिन्दी

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कहानी

/kə.ɦɑː.niː/ Hindi, Standard
[kɐ.ɦäː.niː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Prakrit *कहाणिया (kahāṇiyā), from Sanskrit कथानक (kathānaka). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ (kahāṇī) / کَہانی (kahānī), Gujarati કહાણી (kahāṇī), Marathi कहाणी (kahāṇī), Odia କାହାଣୀ (kāhāṇi), Bengali কাহিনী (kahini), Assamese কাহিনী (kahini).

noun kahānī · کَہَانِی · कहानी · कहानियाँ · कहानियों

feminine story, narrative हो सकता है कि उसकी कहानी सच नहीं है।
feminine plot

In English

tale type of story
novel work of prose fiction
story account of events

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"कहानी." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

कहानी. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80

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"कहानी." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {कहानी},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}