کالا

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Malay

Noun

کالا (plural کالا-کالا or کالا۲, informal 1st possessive کالاکو, 2nd possessive کالامو, 3rd possessive کالاڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of kala‎

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Cognate with Marathi काळा (kāḷā), Punjabi کالا (kālā) and Urdu کالا (kālā).

Adjective

کالا (kālā)

  1. black

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kālā
Dari reading? kālā
Iranian reading? kâlâ
Tajik reading? kolo

Noun

کالا • (kâlâ) (plural کالاها (kâlâ-hâ))

  1. things; goods; commodity; article
    Synonym: اجناس (ajnâs)
    حمل و نقل کالا ― haml o naql-e kâlâ ― transportation of commodities
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      سواران جنگی همی تاختند
      به کالا گرفتن نپرداختند
      sawārān jangē hamē-tāxtand
      ba kālā giriftan na-pardāxtand
      The riders were charging for a battle;
      They did not set themselves to taking spoils.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. (Dari) clothes, dress, attire; costume
  3. (archaic) silk clothes

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Cognate with Marathi काळा (kāḷā) and Urdu کالا (kālā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

کاࣇا • (kāḷā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਲ਼ਾ)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. black, negro (potentially offensive)

Declension

Declension of کالا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct کالا (kālā) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالِیاں (kāliyāṉ)
oblique کالے (kāle) کالیاں (kāleyāṉ) کالی (kālī) کالِیاں (kāliyāṉ)

See also

Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)
     چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)           کاࣇا (kāḷā)
             لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)              مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)              پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
             نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)              ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)             
             آسمانی (āsmānī)              آسمانی (āsmānī)              نِیلا (nīlā)
             جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)              بَینگی (baingī)              گُولابی (gūlābī)

References

  • “چِٹّا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Dravidian *kārder.
    Sanskrit काल (kāla)
    Urdu کالا (kālā)

    Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), from Proto-Dravidian *kār.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    کالا • (kālā) m (Hindi spelling काला)

    1. black (color/colour)
      Synonym: سیاہ (siyāh)

    Adjective

    کالا • (kālā) (feminine کالی (kālī), Hindi spelling काला)

    1. black (color/colour)
    2. dark complexioned (derogatory term used by Pakistanis and Indians to describe dark-skinned people)
    3. dark
    4. dirty
    5. evil
    6. hopeless

    Declension

    Declension of کالا
    masculine feminine
    singular plural singular plural
    direct کالا (kālā) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالی (kālī)
    indirect کالے (kāle) کالے (kāle) کالی (kālī) کالی (kālī)

    See also

    Colors in Urdu · رنگ (raṅg) (layout · text)
         سفید (safed), ابیض (abyaz)      سرمئی (sarmaī), خاکستری (xākistarī), دھوسر (dhūsar)      کالا (kālā), سیاہ (siyāh), اسود (aswad)
                 سرخ (surx), لال (lāl), قرمزی (qarmazī), احمر (ahmar)              مالٹائی (mālṭāī), نارنجی (nāranjī), نارنگی (nārangī); بھورا (bhūrā), بادامی (bādāmī), خاکی (xākī), مٹیالا (maṭiālā)              پیلا (pīlā), زرد (zard), اصفر (asfar), بسنتی (basantī)
                 پستہ (pistah), انگوری (aṅgūrī), دھانی (dhānī)              سبز (sabz), ہرا (harā)             
                 فیروزی (ferozī)              آسمانی (āsmānī), نیلگوں (nīlgū̃), لاجوردی (lājvardī), آبی (ābī), آبگوں (ābgū̃)              نیلا (nīlā), ازرق (azraq)
                 نیل (nīl), بنفشی (banafśī), بنفش (banafś)              جامنی (jāmnī), اودا (ūdā), ارغوانی (arġawānī), بیگنی (beganī), بینگنی (benganī), بینجنی (benjanī)              گلابی (gulābī), پیازی (pīāzī)
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