काला
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black, dark or dark-blue”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
काला • (kālā) (Urdu spelling کالا)
- (colour) black
- dirty, grimy
- (sometimes offensive) black (having dark skin)
- Antonym: गोरा (gorā)
- great, terrible, fearful
Declension[edit]
Declension of काला (ā-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
काला • (kālā) m (Urdu spelling کالا)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms[edit]
सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet) | धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī) | काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām) |
लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) | नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā) | पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī) |
नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī) | हरा (harā) | |
आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī) | आसमानी (āsmānī) | नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl) |
जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl) | रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī) | गुलाबी (gulābī) |
References[edit]
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “काला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “काला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884), “काला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “काला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “काला”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Noun[edit]
काला (kālā)
- Devanagari script form of kālā, which is inflection of काल:
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- কালা (Assamese script)
- কালা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- કાલા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- កាលា (Khmer script)
- ಕಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
- ກາລາ (Lao script)
- കാലാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ကာလာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- କାଲା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කාලා (Sinhalese script)
- காலா (Tamil script)
- కాలా (Telugu script)
- กาลา (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
काला • (kālā) root form, f
- name of several plants (Indigofera tinctoria, Piper longum, Rubia cordifolia (syn. Rubia munjista), Nigella sativa var. sativa (syn. Nigella indica), Ipomoea atropurpurea (Argyreia spp.), Ruellia longifolia, Physalis flexuosa, Stereospermum chelonoides (syn. Bignonia suaveolens)
Declension[edit]
Feminine ā-stem declension of काला (kālā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | काला kālā |
काले kāle |
कालाः kālāḥ |
Vocative | काले kāle |
काले kāle |
कालाः kālāḥ |
Accusative | कालाम् kālām |
काले kāle |
कालाः kālāḥ |
Instrumental | कालया / काला¹ kālayā / kālā¹ |
कालाभ्याम् kālābhyām |
कालाभिः kālābhiḥ |
Dative | कालायै kālāyai |
कालाभ्याम् kālābhyām |
कालाभ्यः kālābhyaḥ |
Ablative | कालायाः kālāyāḥ |
कालाभ्याम् kālābhyām |
कालाभ्यः kālābhyaḥ |
Genitive | कालायाः kālāyāḥ |
कालयोः kālayoḥ |
कालानाम् kālānām |
Locative | कालायाम् kālāyām |
कालयोः kālayoḥ |
कालासु kālāsu |
Notes |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “काला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 277.
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