کالا

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Malay

Noun

کالا (plural کالا-کالا or کالا۲, informal 1st possessive کالاکو, 2nd possessive کالامو, 3rd possessive کالاڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kala

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kālā
Dari reading? kālā
Iranian reading? kâlâ
Tajik reading? kolo

Noun

کالا • (kâlâ) (plural کالاها (kâlâ-hâ))

  1. things; goods; commodity; article
    حمل و نقل کالا ― haml-o-naql-e kâlâ ― transportation of commodities
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      سواران جنگی همی تاختند
      به کالا گرفتن نپرداختند
      sawārān jangē hamē tāxtand
      ba kālā giriftan na-pardāxtand
      The riders were charging for a battle;
      They did not set themselves to taking spoils.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. (archaic) silk clothes

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Cognate with Marathi काळा (kāḷā) and Urdu کالا (kālā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

کاࣇا • (kāḷā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਲ਼ਾ)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. black, negro (potentially offensive)

Declension

Declension of کالا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct کالا (kālā) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالیاں (kālīyāṉ)
oblique کالے (kāle) کالیْاں (kāliyāṉ) کالی (kālī) کالیاں (kālīyāṉ)

References

  • “چِٹّا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Pronunciation

Noun

کالا • (kālā) m (Hindi spelling काला)

  1. black (color/colour)
    Synonym: سیاہ (siyāh)

Adjective

کالا • (kālā) (feminine کالی (kālī), Hindi spelling काला)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. dark complexioned (derogatory term used by Pakistanis and Indians to describe dark-skinned people)
  3. dark
  4. dirty
  5. evil
  6. hopeless

Declension

Declension of کالا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct کالا (kālā) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالی (kālī)
indirect کالے (kāle) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالی (kālī)
vocative کالے (kāle) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالی (kālī)

See also

Colors in Urdu · رنگ (raṅg) (layout · text)
     سفید (safed), ابیض (abyaz)      سرمئی (sarmaī), خاکستری (xākistarī), دھوسر (dhūsar)      کالا (kālā), سیاہ (siyāh), اسود (aswad)
             سرخ (surx), لال (lāl), قرمزی (qarmazī), احمر (ahmar)              مالٹائی (mālṭāī), نارنجی (nāranjī), نارنگی (nārangī); بھورا (bhūrā), بادامی (bādāmī), خاکی (xākī), مٹیالا (maṭiālā)              پیلا (pīlā), زرد (zard), اصفر (asfar), بسنتی (basantī)
             پستہ (pistah), انگوری (aṅgūrī), دھانی (dhānī)              سبز (sabz), ہرا (harā)             
             فیروزی (ferozī)              آسمانی (āsmānī), نیلگوں (nīlgū̃), لاجوردی (lājvardī), آبی (ābī), آبگوں (ābgū̃)              نیلا (nīlā), ازرق (azraq)
             نیل (nīl), بنفشی (banafśī), بنفش (banafś)              جامنی (jāmnī), اودا (ūdā), ارغوانی (arġawānī), بیگنی (beganī), بینگنی (benganī), بینجنی (benjanī)              گلابی (gulābī), پیازی (pīāzī)
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