કાલ

Gujarati

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑl
• Hyphenation: કાલ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀁 (kallaṃ, “tomorrow, yesterday”), from Sanskrit कल्यम् (kalyam, “at dawn, yesterday”), an adverbial accusative attested as early as the Mahabharata, from कल्य (kalya, “dawn”). Cognate with Bengali কাল (kal), Hindustani کل / कल (kal), Marathi काल (kāl), and Punjabi کَلّہ / ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kallh).

Noun

કાલ • (kāl) f

1. yesterday

   Synonym: ગઈ કાલ (gaī kāl)

2. tomorrow

   Synonym: આવતી કાલ (āvatī kāl)

Derived terms

• આજકાલ (ājakāl)

 

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

કાલ • (kāl) m

1. Alternative form of કાળ (kāḷ)