काला

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑː.lɑː/, [käː.l̪äː]
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Adjective

काला • (kālā) (Urdu spelling کالا‎)

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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)             
             आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)              आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
             जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī)

References

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • kālā (Latin script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • কালা (Bengali script)
  • කාලා (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာလာ or ၵႃလႃ (Burmese script)
  • กาลา (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກາລາ (Lao script)
  • កាលា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

काला

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
  • কালা (Assamese script)
  • কালা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • કાલા (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
  • កាលា (Khmer script)
  • ಕಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
  • ກາລາ (Lao script)
  • കാലാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • ကာလာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
  • କାଲା (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • කාලා (Sinhalese script)
  • కాలా (Telugu script)
  • กาลา (Thai script)
  • ཀཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

काला • (kālā) 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
kālāyāḥ		 कालाभ्याम्
kālābhyām		 कालाभ्यः
kālābhyaḥ
Genitive कालायाः
kālāyāḥ		 कालयोः
kālayoḥ		 कालानाम्
kālānām
Locative कालायाम्
kālāyām		 कालयोः
kālayoḥ		 कालासु
kālāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References
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