কালা

কালা

Bengali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit कल्ल (kalla).

Alternative forms

• কালুয়া (kaluya) – Vaṅga

Adjective

কালা • (kala)

1. hard of hearing, deaf

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काल (kāla). Doublet of কাল (kal), a tatsama, though now usually rendered as কালো (kalo).

Adjective

কালা • (kala)

1. black
2. in disrepute, stigmatised
3. soiled, dirty

Derived terms

• কালা আদমি (kala admi)
• কালা কানুন (kala kanun)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কালা ১” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কালা ১” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কালা ২” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কালা ৩” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh