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

• ਭੂਤਕਾਲ m (bhūtkāl, “past tense”)

Related 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, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.