ਕਾਲ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Noun

ਕਾਲ • (kāl) m (Shahmukhi spelling كال) (chiefly India)

  1. time (as a concept)
  2. (rare) time, occasion
    Synonyms: ਵਕ਼ਤ (vaqat), ਵੇਲ਼ਾ (veḷā)
  3. period, era, epoch, age
  4. (grammar) tense
Derived terms
  • ਅਕਾਲ m (akāl, “God”, literally “The Timeless One”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ਕਾਲ • (kāl) m (Shahmukhi spelling كال)

  1. nuqtaless form of ਕਾਲ਼ (kāḷ)

Further reading

  • “ਕਾਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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