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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati कालउं (kālaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀬 (kālaya), from Sanskrit કાલક (kālaka) (compare કાલ (kāla, “black, dark or dark-blue”)). Cognate with Konkani काळें (kāḷẽ), Marathi काळे (kāḷe), Marwari काळो (kāḷo).
Pronunciation
Adjective
કાળું • (kāḷũ)
- black (color/colour)
- bad, evil
- (sometimes offensive) black (having dark skin)
Declension
| Declension of કાળું
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nominative
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oblique/vocative/instrumental
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locative
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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કાળો (kāḷo)
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કાળા (kāḷā)
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કાળા (kāḷā)
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કાળા (kāḷā)
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કાળે (kāḷe)
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કાળું (kāḷũ)
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કાળાં (kāḷā̃)
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કાળા (kāḷā)
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કાળાં (kāḷā̃)
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કાળે (kāḷe)
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| feminine
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કાળી (kāḷī)
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કાળી (kāḷī)
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કાળી (kāḷī)
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કાળી (kāḷī)
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- Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.
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Derived terms
See also
Further reading
More information
- “કાળું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “કાળું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- “કાળું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 340
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157