kāla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kala"

Mandarin

Romanization

kāla (Zhuyin ㄎㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈喇

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Homophones: kala, kalā
• Hyphenation: ka‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

kāla

1. time:
   1. a fixed or right point of time, a space of time
   2. destiny, fate: as leading to events, the causes of which are imperceptible to the mind of man
   3. prosody

Derived terms

• akāla
• makakāla
• makāla
• pinakakāla
• tan pakāla

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, “time; season”)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬮ (kala, “time; season”)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably similar to Etymology 1.

Noun

kāla

1. a musical instrument

Derived terms

• kāla-kāla

 

Further reading

• "kāla" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• काल (Devanagari script)
• কাল (Bengali script)
• කාල (Sinhalese script)
• ကာလ or ၵႃလ (Burmese script)
• กาล or กาละ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາລ or ກາລະ (Lao script)
• កាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

kāla m

1. time

Declension

Declension table of "kāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kālo	kālā
Accusative (second)	kālaṃ	kāle
Instrumental (third)	kālena	kālehi or kālebhi
Dative (fourth)	kālassa or kālāya or kālatthaṃ	kālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kālasmā or kālamhā or kālā	kālehi or kālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kālassa	kālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kālasmiṃ or kālamhi or kāle	kālesu
Vocative (calling)	kāla	kālā

Derived terms

• vikāla

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကာလ (kala.) (learned)
• → Khmer: កាល (kaal) (learned)
• → Thai: กาล (gaan) (learned)