काल
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काल¹
- /kɑːl/ Hindi, Standard
- [käːl] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kālá).
noun kāl · کال · काल · कालों
- time (as a concept)
- era, epoch, age, period देश की राजधानी नई दिल्ली में राहु काल दोपहर बाद 03.22 बजे से शुरू होगा और ये 04.45 बजे तक रहेगा।
- death (personified as Yama) […] तभी रास्ते में काल बन कर आई बस ने इनकी बाइक में पीछे से धक्का मार दिया, जिससे दोनों की मौत घटनास्थल पर हो गई।
- tense
काल²
- /kɑːl/ Hindi, Standard
- [käːl] Hindi, Standard
Where it comes from
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀸𑀮 (agāla), from Sanskrit अकाल (akāla, “bad time”).
noun kāl · کال · काल · कालों
- famine; bad times
In English
- year time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
- yesterday on the day before today
- time inevitable passing of events
- tense verb forms distinguishing time
- era time period
- death personification of death
- period history: period of time seen as coherent entity
- epoch particular period of history
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