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See also: kaļ, kał, kál, kål, ką̊l, käl-, -kal, -kál, -kal-, and кал

Translingual

Symbol

kal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Greenlandic.

Acholi

Noun

kál

  1. millet

Assangori

Noun

kal

  1. water

References

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Noun

kal (Bengali script কাল)

  1. horn (traditional instrument)

References

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic کال
Abjad кал

Etymology

From Persian کال.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kal (comparative daha kal, superlative ən kal)

  1. unripe
    Synonyms: dəyməmiş, yetişməmiş, göy
  2. dull, stupid
    Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, gecanlayan, tupoy
  3. (of voice) hoarse
    Synonyms: tutqun, boğunuq
  4. only used in yuxudan kal durmaq tired, half asleep, sleep-deprived
    Yuxudan kal durmuşam. ― I woke up tired, I didn't get enough sleep.

Further reading

  • “kal” in Obastan.com.

Central Nahuatl

Noun

kal

  1. house.

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of kalgh

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kal/

Noun

kal f (plural kalghyow)

  1. (anatomy) penis

Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Noun

kal m inan

  1. dregs (suspended sediment or other particles in a liquid)
Declension
Declension of kal (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kal kaly
genitive kalu kalů
dative kalu kalům
accusative kal kaly
vocative kale kaly
locative kalu kalech
instrumental kalem kaly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kal

  1. second-person singular imperative of kalit

Further reading

  • kal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kal in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kal

  1. inflection of kallen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun

kal

  1. what

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

kal n (genitive singular kals, no plural)

  1. frostbite

Declension

declension of kal
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative kal kalið
accusative kal kalið
dative kali kalinu
genitive kals kalsins

Derived terms

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun

kal

  1. which

Kholosi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (kalla)), from Sanskrit कल्य (kalya).

Adverb

kal

  1. yesterday
    Antonym: sabô

References

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kal

  1. (interrogative) what; which
  2. (relative) which

References

  • Ladislav Prištic (2010) Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University
  1. ^ Prištic, p. 27
  2. ^ Prištic, p. 27

Ladino

Ladino Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lad

Etymology

From Hebrew קָהָל (qahál, “community”).

Noun

kal m (Latin spelling)

  1. (Judaism) synagogue
  2. community

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “caħal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “kal”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 261
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “kal”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 205
  • Recuero, Pascual (1977) “kal”, in Diccionario Básico Ladino-Español (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, →ISBN, page 76

Latvian

Verb

kal

  1. inflection of kalt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German *kald, northern variant of kalt.

Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, West Frisian kâld.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kal (masculine kalen, neuter kaalt, comparative méi kal, superlative am keelsten)

  1. cold

Declension

declension of kal
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass kal si ass kal et ass kal si si(nn) kal
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner kalen kal kaalt kal
independent without determiner kales kaler
dative after any declined word kalen kaler kalen kalen
as first declined word kalem kalem

Antonyms

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

Related to Arabic كَهْل (kahl, “elderly”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. (of people) old
    Synonyms: îxtîyar, kokin, mezin, navsera, pîr, sere
Derived terms

Noun

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. old man
    Synonyms: îxtîyar, kalik, kokin
Declension
Declension of kal
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative kal kal
Construct kalê kalên
Oblique kalî kalan
Demonstrative oblique wî kalî wan kalan
Vocative kalo kalino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative kalek kalin
Construct kalekî kaline
Oblique kalekî kalinan

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Persian کال (kâl, “year”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. (of melons or corn) unripe, green
    Synonyms: xam, xang
Derived terms

Noun

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. watermelon
    Synonyms: kalik, şiftî, zebeş
  2. melon
    Synonym: gindor

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “kal”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 413

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (“dark”), whence also Latin cālīgō (“darkness, gloom”) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑л)

  1. mud
    Synonyms: blato, mulj, kaljuga

Declension

Declension of kal
singular plural
nominative kal kali
genitive kala kala
dative kalu kalima
accusative kal kale
vocative kalu kali
locative kalu kalima
instrumental kalem kalima

South Efate

Pronunciation

Noun

kal

  1. digging stick

Sumerian

Romanization

kal

  1. Romanization of 𒆗 (kal)

Swedish

Etymology

From or related to Old Norse *kǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bare, bald”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kal (comparative kalare, superlative kalast)

  1. lacking its natural covering; bare, without hair or vegetation or leaves or the like
    en kal skalle
    a bald head
    ett kalt träd
    a tree without leaves
    en kal grotta
    a cave with nothing more than the stone walls (no moss, vines, etc.)
  2. bare (lacking decorations)
    kala väggar
    bare walls
    ett kalt rum
    a bare room

Declension

Inflection of kal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kal kalare kalast
Neuter singular kalt kalare kalast
Plural kala kalare kalast
Masculine plural3 kale kalare kalast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kale kalare kalaste
All kala kalare kalaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

Tama (Chad)

Noun

kal

  1. water

References

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kal, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Khumi Chin ämäkei, Mizo kal and Zou kel.

Noun

kal

  1. kidney

References

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Turkish

Pronunciation

Verb

kal

  1. second-person singular imperative of kalmak

Wik-Mungkan

Noun

kal

  1. rat

Zou

Pronunciation

Verb

kal

  1. (intransitive) to increase

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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