কালা

Bengali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.la/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कल्ल (kalla).

Alternative forms
  • কালুয়া (kaluẏa) – Vaṅga

Adjective

কালা • (kala) (comparative আরও কালা, superlative সবচেয়ে কালা)

  1. hard of hearing, deaf

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Doublet of কাল (kal), a tatsama, though now usually rendered as কালো (kalō).

Adjective

কালা • (kala) (comparative আরও কালা, superlative সবচেয়ে কালা)

  1. black; dark-skinned
  2. in disrepute, stigmatised
  3. soiled, dirty

Noun

কালা • (kala)

  1. (offensive) black person
    Synonym: অশ্বেত (ośśet)

Proper noun

কালা • (kala)

  1. Krishna
Derived terms
  • কালা আদমি (kala adomi)
  • কালা কানুন (kala kanun)

References
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