Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑːl/, [käːl]

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kālá).

Noun edit

काल (kālm (Urdu spelling کال)

  1. time (as a concept)
  2. era, epoch, age, period
    • 2020 February 11, विनीत कुमार [vinīt kumār], “आज का पंचांग: राहु काल और शुभ मुहूर्त का आज क्या है समय, पढ़ें 11 फरवरी का पंचांग [āj kā pañcāṅg: rāhu kāl aur śubh muhūrt kā āj kyā hai samay, paṛhẽ 11 pharavrī kā pañcāṅg]”, in Lokmat News Hindi[1]:
      देश की राजधानी नई दिल्ली में राहु काल दोपहर बाद 03.22 बजे से शुरू होगा और ये 04.45 बजे तक रहेगा।
      deś kī rājdhānī naī dillī mẽ rāhu kāl dophar bād 03.22 baje se śurū hogā aur ye 04.45 baje tak rahegā.
      In New Delhi, the nation's capital, the Rahu period [an astrologically inauspicious time] will begin at 3:22 in the afternoon and it will remain until 4:45.
  3. (Hinduism) death (personified as Yama)
    • 2020 February 12, “जेल में बंद पुत्र से मिलकर लौट रही मां व भाई काल के गाल में समाए [jel mẽ band putra se milkar lauṭ rahī mā̃ va bhāī kāl ke gāl mẽ samāe]”, in Dainik Jagran[2]:
      [] तभी रास्ते में काल बन कर आई बस ने इनकी बाइक में पीछे से धक्का मार दिया, जिससे दोनों की मौत घटनास्थल पर हो गई।
      [] tabhī rāste mẽ kāl ban kar āī bas ne inkī bāik mẽ pīche se dhakkā mār diyā, jisse donõ kī maut ghaṭnāsthal par ho gaī.
      [] and just then a bus arrived in the form of Death and rammed their bike from behind, due to which the deaths of both occurred at the site of the accident.
  4. (grammar) tense
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀸𑀮 (agāla), from Sanskrit अकाल (akāla, bad time).

Noun edit

काल (kālm (Urdu spelling کال)

  1. famine; bad times
Declension edit

Konkani edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [kɑːl]

Adverb edit

काल (kāl) (Latin script kal, Kannada script ಕಾಲ್)

  1. yesterday

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla)

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /kal/

Adverb edit

काल (kāl)

  1. yesterday

See also edit

Dates relative to today in Marathi (layout · text)
–3 –2 –1 0 +1 +2 +3
direct speech three days ago two days ago yesterday today tomorrow in two days in three days
तेरवा (tervā) परवा (parvā) काल (kāl) आज (āj̈) उद्या (udyā) परवा (parvā) तेरवा (tervā)
reported speech three days before, three days earlier two days before, two days earlier the day before on that day the next day two days later three days later
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References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “काल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “काल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “काल”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

काल m

  1. Devanagari script form of kāla (“time”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[3], page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      काले इच्चेतं अस्हिकारत्थं वेदितब्बं॥
      Kāle iccetaṃ adhikāratthaṃ veditabbaṃ.
      Note that time when is the purpose of the section

Declension edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kār; compare Tamil கார் (kār, black), கரு (karu), Kannada ಕಾಡು (kāḍu, blackness, black), ಕಪ್ಪು (kappu).

Adjective edit

काल (kāla) stem

  1. black, dark blue
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of काल (kāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कालः
kālaḥ
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kālāḥ / kālāsaḥ¹
Vocative काल
kāla
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kālāḥ / kālāsaḥ¹
Accusative कालम्
kālam
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालान्
kālān
Instrumental कालेन
kālena
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालैः / कालेभिः¹
kālaiḥ / kālebhiḥ¹
Dative कालाय
kālāya
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Ablative कालात्
kālāt
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Genitive कालस्य
kālasya
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालानाम्
kālānām
Locative काले
kāle
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालेषु
kāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ī-stem declension of काली (kālī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative काली
kālī
काल्यौ / काली¹
kālyau / kālī¹
काल्यः / कालीः¹
kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹
Vocative कालि
kāli
काल्यौ / काली¹
kālyau / kālī¹
काल्यः / कालीः¹
kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹
Accusative कालीम्
kālīm
काल्यौ / काली¹
kālyau / kālī¹
कालीः
kālīḥ
Instrumental काल्या
kālyā
कालीभ्याम्
kālībhyām
कालीभिः
kālībhiḥ
Dative काल्यै
kālyai
कालीभ्याम्
kālībhyām
कालीभ्यः
kālībhyaḥ
Ablative काल्याः / काल्यै²
kālyāḥ / kālyai²
कालीभ्याम्
kālībhyām
कालीभ्यः
kālībhyaḥ
Genitive काल्याः / काल्यै²
kālyāḥ / kālyai²
काल्योः
kālyoḥ
कालीनाम्
kālīnām
Locative काल्याम्
kālyām
काल्योः
kālyoḥ
कालीषु
kālīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of काल (kāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कालम्
kālam
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Vocative काल
kāla
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Accusative कालम्
kālam
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Instrumental कालेन
kālena
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालैः / कालेभिः¹
kālaiḥ / kālebhiḥ¹
Dative कालाय
kālāya
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Ablative कालात्
kālāt
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Genitive कालस्य
kālasya
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालानाम्
kālānām
Locative काले
kāle
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालेषु
kāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants edit

Noun edit

काल (kāla) stemm

  1. black, dark blue colour
  2. pupil (dark part of the eye)
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of काल (kāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कालः
kālaḥ
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kālāḥ / kālāsaḥ¹
Vocative काल
kāla
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kālāḥ / kālāsaḥ¹
Accusative कालम्
kālam
कालौ / काला¹
kālau / kālā¹
कालान्
kālān
Instrumental कालेन
kālena
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालैः / कालेभिः¹
kālaiḥ / kālebhiḥ¹
Dative कालाय
kālāya
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Ablative कालात्
kālāt
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Genitive कालस्य
kālasya
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालानाम्
kālānām
Locative काले
kāle
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालेषु
kāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

See also edit

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)
     श्वेत (śveta)      श्याम (śyāma)      कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla)
             रोहित (rohita)              कद्रु (kadru), पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga), पिङ्गल (piṅgala)              पिङ्ग (piṅga); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
                          हरित् (harit)              श्याम (śyāma)
                                       नील (nīla)
                          नीललोहित (nīlalohita)             

Noun edit

काल (kāla) stemn

  1. a black kind of agarwood from Agallochum (now Aquilaria)
  2. a kind of perfume (कक्कोलक (kakkolaka))
  3. iron
Declension edit
Neuter a-stem declension of काल (kāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कालम्
kālam
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Vocative काल
kāla
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Accusative कालम्
kālam
काले
kāle
कालानि / काला¹
kālāni / kālā¹
Instrumental कालेन
kālena
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालैः / कालेभिः¹
kālaiḥ / kālebhiḥ¹
Dative कालाय
kālāya
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Ablative कालात्
kālāt
कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālebhyaḥ
Genitive कालस्य
kālasya
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालानाम्
kālānām
Locative काले
kāle
कालयोः
kālayoḥ
कालेषु
kāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2 edit

Of uncertain origin.

Perhaps an l-form of कार (kāra, action), taking "decisive action" as the connotation.

Alternatively, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)); compare Proto-Slavic *vermę̀ (period of time) for a parallel semantic development from an earlier "turn" meaning (albeit from a different root).

Hirt compares this to Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, a while), while Güntert compares this to Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós, measure, time, season), and takes the l-consonant in काल (kāla) as a preservation of a dialectal form in order to distinguish from कार (kāra).

Probably not a vṛddhi derivative of the root कल् (kal, to calculate or enumerate).

Noun edit

काल (kālá) stemm

  1. a fixed or right point of time, a space of time, time (in general)
  2. the proper time or season for (+genitive, dative, locative, in compound, infinitive, or subjunctive with यद् (yad)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.42.9:
      उ॒त प्र॒हाम॑ति॒दीव्या॑ जयाति कृ॒तं यच्छ्व॒घ्नी वि॑चि॒नोति॑ का॒ले
      यो दे॒वका॑मो॒ न धना॑ रुणद्धि॒ समित्तं रा॒या सृ॑जति स्व॒धावा॑न्॥
      utá prahā́matidī́vyā jayāti kṛtáṃ yácchvaghnī́ vicinóti kālé.
      yó devákāmo ná dhánā ruṇaddhi sámíttáṃ rāyā́ sṛjati svadhā́vān.
      Having driven away the assailant, he triumphs; at the time of battle he selects his antagonist as does a gambler. The man who, desirous of gratifying the gods, withholds not his riches, him the powerful Indra associates with wealth.
  3. occasion, circumstance
  4. season
  5. hour
  6. a period of time, time of the world (युग (yuga))
  7. measure of time, prosody
  8. a section, part
  9. the end
  10. death by age
  11. time (as leading to events, the causes of which are imperceptible to the mind of man), destiny, fate
  12. time (as destroying all things), death, time of death (often personified and represented with the attributes of Yama, regent of the dead, or even identified with him
    • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11.32:
      कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।
      ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः
      kāloʼsmi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ.
      ṛteʼpi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve yeʼvasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ
      I am mighty time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annhilate the worlds.
      Even without your participation, the warriors arrayed in the opposing army shall cease to exist.
  13. Kāla, personified is also a देवर्षि (devarṣi) in Indra's court, and a son of Dhruva
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of काल (kālá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कालः
kāláḥ
कालौ / काला¹
kālaú / kālā́¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kālā́ḥ / kālā́saḥ¹
Vocative काल
kā́la
कालौ / काला¹
kā́lau / kā́lā¹
कालाः / कालासः¹
kā́lāḥ / kā́lāsaḥ¹
Accusative कालम्
kālám
कालौ / काला¹
kālaú / kālā́¹
कालान्
kālā́n
Instrumental कालेन
kāléna
कालाभ्याम्
kālā́bhyām
कालैः / कालेभिः¹
kālaíḥ / kālébhiḥ¹
Dative कालाय
kālā́ya
कालाभ्याम्
kālā́bhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālébhyaḥ
Ablative कालात्
kālā́t
कालाभ्याम्
kālā́bhyām
कालेभ्यः
kālébhyaḥ
Genitive कालस्य
kālásya
कालयोः
kāláyoḥ
कालानाम्
kālā́nām
Locative काले
kālé
कालयोः
kāláyoḥ
कालेषु
kāléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “काल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0277.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[4] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 343
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 202-203
  • Agallochum at Plants of the World Online