कल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐl.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐl̪.jɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“handsome”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos), Albanian kolmë.

Adjective

कल्य • (kalya) stem

1. well, healthy, free from sickness
2. hale, vigorous
3. sound, perfect, strong
4. clever, dexterous
5. ready or prepared for (+ locative or infinitive)
6. agreeable, auspicious (as speech)
7. instructive, admonitory

Declension

Noun

कल्य • (kalya) stem, n

1. health
2. good wishes, good tidings
3. Emblic Myrobalan

Declension

Etymology 2

Vowel reduction of काल्य (kālya, “timely; daybreak”).

Noun

कल्य • (kalya) stem, n

1. dawn, morning
2. yesterday

Derived terms

• कल्यम् (kalyam, “at dawn”)

Descendants

See also descendants of कल्यम् (kalyam).

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 n (kalla, “dawn”)

Etymology 3

Related to कड (kaḍa, “dumb, mute; ignorant, stupid”).

Adjective

कल्य • (kalya) stem

1. deaf and dumb (compare कल (kala) and कल्ल (kalla))

Etymology 4

See कल्या (kalyā, “spirituous liquor”).

Noun

कल्य • (kalya) stem, n

1. spirituous liquor

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 263/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 325-326
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 75-76