काला
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black, dark or dark-blue”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
काला • (kālā) (Urdu spelling کالا)
- black (color/colour)
- 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)
- color (color/colour)
- (colloquial) Indian cobra
- (colloquial, archaic) a sepoy
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) | |
| फ़िरोज़ी (firozī) | 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
- কালা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- কালা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကာလာ (Burmese script)
- કાલા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
- កាលា (Khmer script)
- ກາລາ (Lao script)
- കാലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- କାଲା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කාලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- காலா (Tamil script)
- కాలా (Telugu script)
- กาลา (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
काला • (kālā) stem, 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 / कालायै² kālāyāḥ / kālāyai² |
कालाभ्याम् kālābhyām |
कालाभ्यः kālābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कालायाः / कालायै² kālāyāḥ / kālāyai² |
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.