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

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ɭũ/
• Hyphenation: કા‧ળું
• Rhymes: -ũ

Adjective

કાળું • (kāḷũ)

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

Declension

Declension of કાળું
	nominative			oblique/vocative/instrumental			locative
	singular	plural		singular	plural
masculine	કાળો (kāḷo)	કાળા (kāḷā)		કાળા (kāḷā)	કાળા (kāḷā)		કાળે (kāḷe)
neuter	કાળું (kāḷũ)	કાળાં (kāḷā̃)		કાળા (kāḷā)	કાળાં (kāḷā̃)		કાળે (kāḷe)
feminine	કાળી (kāḷī)	કાળી (kāḷī)		કાળી (kāḷī)	કાળી (kāḷī)
Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.

Derived terms

• • કાળી ચા (kāḷī cā)
  • કાળો સમુદ્ર (kāḷo samudra)

   

See also

Colors in Gujarati · [Term?] (layout · text)

સફેદ (saphed)	[Term?]	કાળું (kāḷũ)
લાલ (lāl); [Term?]	[Term?]; [Term?]	પીળું (pīḷũ); [Term?]
[Term?]	લીલું (līlũ)	[Term?]; [Term?]
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Further reading

More information

• “કાળું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કાળું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કાળું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 340
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157