काला

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black, dark or dark-blue”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑː.lɑː/,
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Adjective

काला • (kālā) (Urdu spelling کالا)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. dirty, grimy
  3. (sometimes offensive) black (having dark skin)
    Antonym: गोरा (gorā)
  4. great, terrible, fearful

Declension

Declension of काला (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct काला
kālā 		काले
kāle 		काली
kālī 		काली
kālī
oblique काले
kāle 		काले
kāle 		काली
kālī 		काली
kālī
vocative काले
kāle 		काले
kāle 		काली
kālī 		काली
kālī

Synonyms

Noun

काला • (kālā) m (Urdu spelling کالا)

  1. color (color/colour)
  2. (colloquial) Indian cobra
  3. (colloquial, archaic) a sepoy

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

काला (kālā)

  1. Devanagari script form of kālā, which is inflection of काल:
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural (kāla, “time”)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

काला • (kālā) stem, f

  1. 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

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
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

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