કાળું

See also: કાળી, કેળું, કોળું, and કોળી

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati कालउं (kālaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀬 (kālaya), from Sanskrit કાલક (kālaka) (compare કાલ (kāla, “black, dark or dark-blue”)). Cognate with Konkani काळें (kāḷẽ), Marathi काळे (kāḷe), Marwari काळो (kāḷo).

Pronunciation

Adjective

કાળું • (kāḷũ)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. bad, evil
  3. (sometimes offensive) black (having dark skin)

Declension

Declension of કાળું
singular plural locative
nominative oblique/vocative/
instrumental
masculine કાળો (kāḷo) કાળા (kāḷā) કાળા (kāḷā) કાળે (kāḷe)
neuter કાળું (kāḷũ) કાળા (kāḷā) કાળાં (kāḷā̃) કાળે (kāḷe)
feminine કાળી (kāḷī) કાળી (kāḷī) કાળી (kāḷī) —

If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Gujarati · રંગો (raṅgo) (layout · text)
     સફેદ (saphed)      [Term?]      કાળું (kāḷũ)
             લાલ (lāl); [Term?]              નારંગી (nāraṅgī); ભુરું (bhurũ)              પીળું (pīḷũ); [Term?]
             [Term?]              લીલું (līlũ)              [Term?]; [Term?]
             [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]              [Term?]
             [Term?]; [Term?]              [Term?]; જાંબલી (jā̃blī)              [Term?]

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