kāla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kala"

Mandarin

Romanization

kāla (Zhuyin ㄎㄚ ˙ㄌㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哈喇

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Homophones: kala, kalā
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

kāla

  1. time:
    1. a fixed or right point of time, a space of time
    2. destiny, fate: as leading to events, the causes of which are imperceptible to the mind of man
    3. prosody
Derived terms
  • akāla
  • makakāla
  • makāla
  • pinakakāla
  • tan pakāla
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, “time; season”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬮ (kala, “time; season”)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably similar to Etymology 1.

Noun

kāla

  1. a musical instrument
Derived terms
  • kāla-kāla

Further reading

  • "kāla" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

kāla m

  1. time

Declension

Declension table of "kāla" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kālokālā
Accusative (second)kālaṃkāle
Instrumental (third)kālenakālehi or kālebhi
Dative (fourth)kālassa or kālāya or kālatthaṃkālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kālasmā or kālamhā or kālākālehi or kālebhi
Genitive (sixth)kālassakālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kālasmiṃ or kālamhi or kālekālesu
Vocative (calling)kālakālā

Derived terms

Descendants

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