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kathañhi

katha

adj

1. katha (adj): with words; having talk; asking
2. kathañhi (sandhi): how indeed!?; why indeed!?
3. kathaṃ (ind): how?
4. kathaṃ (ind): what's the reason?
5. kathaṃ (ind): what? like what?
6. kathā (fem): talk; speech; conversation; discussion
7. kathā (fem): argument; debate; lit. talk
8. kathā (fem): discourse on; lecture on; sermon on; lit. talk on
9. …

Analysis. kathaṃ + hi

Etymology. √kath + ā + a; from √kath 'speak, narrate'; Sanskrit kathā [kath]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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