कला

कला

See also: केला

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कला (kalā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.lɑː/, [kə.l̪äː]

Noun

कला • (kalā) f (Urdu spelling کلا‎)

1. art

Declension

Declension of कला (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कला kalā	कलाएँ kalāẽ
oblique	कला kalā	कलाओं kalāõ
vocative	कला kalā	कलाओ kalāo

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)

सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)	धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)	काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)	नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)	पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)	हरा (harā)
आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)	आसमानी (āsmānī)	नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)	रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)	गुलाबी (gulābī)

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कला (kalā).

Noun

कला • (kalā) f

1. art

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.l̪ɑː/

Noun

कला • (kalā) f

1. a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, especially a sixteenth part
2. a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon’s diameter
3. a symbolical expression for the number sixteen
4. interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it)
5. a division of time (said to be 1/900 of a day or 1-6 minutes; or 1/1800 of a day or 0-8 minutes commentator or commentary on; or 2 minutes and 26 54/201 seconds; or 1 minute and 35 205/301, seconds, or 8 seconds)
6. the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree
7. (in prosody) a syllabic instant
8. a term for the seven substrata of the elements or Dhatus of the human body (viz. flesh, blood, fat, phlegm, urine, bile, and semen)
9. an atom (there are 3015 kalā-s or atoms in every one of the six dhātu-s, not counting the rasa-,therefore in all 18090)
10. (with pāśupata-s) the elements of the gross or material world
11. an embryo shortly after conception
12. a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (viz. mantra-, dravya- and śraddhā-)
13. the menstrual discharge
14. any practical art, any mechanical or fine art (sixty-four are enumerated in the śaivatantra-;the following is a list of them: gītam-, vādyam-, nṛtyam-, nāṭyam-, ālekhyam-, viśeṣaka-cchedyam-, taṇḍula-kusuma-balivikārāḥ-, puṣpāstaranam-, daśana-vasanāṅgarāgāḥ-, maṇi-bhūmikā-karma-, śayana-racanam-, udaka-vādyam-, udaka-ghātaḥ-, citrā yogāḥ-, mālya-granthana-vikalpāḥ-, keśa-śekharāpīḍayojanam-, nepathya-yogāḥ-, karṇa-pattra-bhaṅgāḥ-, gandha-yuktiḥ-, bhūṣaṇa-yojanam-, indrajālam-, kaucumāra-yogāḥ-, hasta-lāghavam-, citraśākāpūpa-bhakṣya-vikāra-kriyā-, pānaka-rasarāgāsava-yojanam-, sūcīvāpa-karma-, vīṇā-ḍama-ruka-sūtra-krīḍā-, prahelikā-, pratimā-, durvacakayogāḥ-, pustaka-vācanam-, nāṭakākhyāyikā-darśanam-, kāvya-samasyā-pūraṇam-, paṭṭikā-vetrabāṇa-vikalpāḥ-, tarkū-karmāṇi-, takṣaṇam-, vāstu-vidyā-, rūpya-ratna-parīkṣā-, dhātu-vādaḥ-, maṇi-rāga-jñānam-, ākara-jñānam-, vṛkṣāyur-veda-yogāḥ-, meṣa-kukkuṭa-lāvaka-yuddha-vidhiḥ-, śuka-sārikā-pralāpanam-, utsādanam-, keśa-mārjana-kauśalam-, akṣara-muṣṭikā-kathanam-, mlechitaka-vikalpāḥ-, deśa-bhāṣā-jñānam-, puṣpa-śakaṭikā-nimitta-jñānam-, yantra-mātṛkā-, dhāraṇa-mātṛkā-, saṃpāṭyam-, mānasī kāvya-kriyā-, kriyā-vikalpāḥ-, chalitakayogāḥ-, abhidhāna-koṣa-cchando-jñānam-, vastra-gopanāni-, dyūta-viśeṣaḥ-, ākarṣaṇa-krīḍā-, bālaka-krīḍanakāni-, vaināyikīnāṃ vidyāṇāṃ jñānam-, vaijayikīnāṃ vidyānāṃ jñānam-)
15. skill, ingenuity
16. ignorance
17. a low and sweet tone
18. a boat
19. name of a grammatical commentary

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कला (kalā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कला kalā	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Vocative	कले kale	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Accusative	कलाम् kalām	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Instrumental	कलया / कला¹ kalayā / kalā¹	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभिः kalābhiḥ
Dative	कलायै kalāyai	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभ्यः kalābhyaḥ
Ablative	कलायाः kalāyāḥ	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभ्यः kalābhyaḥ
Genitive	कलायाः kalāyāḥ	कलयोः kalayoḥ	कलानाम् kalānām
Locative	कलायाम् kalāyām	कलयोः kalayoḥ	कलासु kalāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: कल (kal)
    • Urdu: کَل‎
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:
    • Arabic: کَل‎ (kal)
    • Devanagari: कल (kal)
• Northwestern:
  • Lahnda: کَل‎
  • Punjabi:
    • Gurmukhi: ਕਲ਼ (kaḷ)
    • Shahmukhi: کَلؕ‎ (kaḷ)
  • Sindhi:
    • Arabic: ڪَل‎
    • Devanagari: कल
• Southern:
  • Dhivehi: ކާލި‎ (kāli)
  • Marathi: कळ् (kaḷ)
  • Sinhalese: කල (kala)
• Eastern:
  • Bengali: কল (kôl)
  • Oriya: କଳ (kôḷô)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: કળ (kaḷ)
• → Newar:
  • Devanagari: कल (kala)
  • Newa: 𑐎𑐮 (kala)

Proper noun

कला • (kalā) f

1. a wife of Marichi
2. a name of Sati (Hindu goddess)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कला (kalā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कला kalā	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Vocative	कले kale	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Accusative	कलाम् kalām	कले kale	कलाः kalāḥ
Instrumental	कलया / कला¹ kalayā / kalā¹	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभिः kalābhiḥ
Dative	कलायै kalāyai	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभ्यः kalābhyaḥ
Ablative	कलायाः kalāyāḥ	कलाभ्याम् kalābhyām	कलाभ्यः kalābhyaḥ
Genitive	कलायाः kalāyāḥ	कलयोः kalayoḥ	कलानाम् kalānām
Locative	कलायाम् kalāyām	कलयोः kalayoḥ	कलासु kalāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kalā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 149