Mandarin

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Romanization

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kāla (Zhuyin ㄎㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈喇

Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, time; season)
  • Balinese: ᬓᬮ (kala, time; season)

Etymology 2

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Unknown, probably similar to Etymology 1.

Noun

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kāla

  1. a musical instrument
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Further reading

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

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

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kāla m

  1. time

Declension

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Descendants

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