The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromकाष्ठमण्डप
- Nepali · borrowed fromकाठमाडौं
- English todayKathmandu
From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.