উপকথা — meaning in English

English meaning

• fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
• folklore noun The traditional stories, beliefs, customs, and superstitions of a particular culture or community, passed down informally.

Senses

উপকথা is used for these senses in English:

• fable fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept

fable — full definition

1. noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
2. noun A made-up story or claim; something untrue.
3. verb To make up and tell a story as though it were true.

folklore — full definition

1. noun The traditional stories, beliefs, customs, and superstitions of a particular culture or community, passed down informally.
2. noun Informally, widely known ideas or claims within a field that are believed but never formally documented.

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