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Punjabi
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Noun
ਕਾਲ • (kāl) m (Shahmukhi spelling كال)
- time (as a concept)
- period, era, epoch, age
- (grammar) tense
Derived terms
- ਭੂਤਕਾਲ m (bhūtkāl, “past tense”)
Related terms
- ਅਕਾਲ m (akāl, “God”, literally “The Timeless One”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ਕਾਲ • (kāl) m (Shahmukhi spelling كال)
- nuqtaless form of ਕਾਲ਼ (kāḷ)
Further reading
- “ਕਾਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.