uṇhakāla

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀉𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀓𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• उण्हकाल (Devanagari script)
• উণ্হকাল (Bengali script)
• උණ‍්හකාල (Sinhalese script)
• ဥဏှကာလ or ဢုꧣှၵႃလ (Burmese script)
• อุณฺหกาล or อุณหะกาละ (Thai script)
• ᩏᨱ᩠ᩉᨠᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸຓ຺ຫກາລ or ອຸຓຫະກາລະ (Lao script)
• ឧណ្ហកាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उष्णकाल (uṣṇakāla). By surface analysis, uṇha +‎ kāla.

Noun

uṇhakāla m

1. hot weather
2. summer (season)

Declension

Declension table of "uṇhakāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uṇhakālo	uṇhakālā
Accusative (second)	uṇhakālaṃ	uṇhakāle
Instrumental (third)	uṇhakālena	uṇhakālehi or uṇhakālebhi
Dative (fourth)	uṇhakālassa or uṇhakālāya or uṇhakālatthaṃ	uṇhakālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uṇhakālasmā or uṇhakālamhā or uṇhakālā	uṇhakālehi or uṇhakālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	uṇhakālassa	uṇhakālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uṇhakālasmiṃ or uṇhakālamhi or uṇhakāle	uṇhakālesu
Vocative (calling)	uṇhakāla	uṇhakālā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “uṇhakāla”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 130
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uṣṇakāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112
• “उण्हकाल”, in Pāli-Hindī śabdakośa: pt. 1. A-Ahosi, Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra, 2011, →ISBN, page 1170, →ISBN