kaál year

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form کال
Phonetic Form kaál
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -á
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form kālá- 'time; fixed point of time; fate, death (masc)' (T: 3084)
Variant Form(s) saál (year (Urdu loan))
    • year
      • Example 459:
        páanǰ bhišá kaalíi dháatu páanǰ bhišá kaalá na buc̣haaláanu, páanǰ bhišá kaalíi buc̣hóolu ba páanǰ bhišá kaalá na dhamáanu.
        panǰ
        five
        bhiš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        kaál
        year
        -ii
        -gen
        dháat
        become.full.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        panǰ
        five
        bhiš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        kaál
        year
        -a
        -pl
        na
        neg
        buc̣haalé
        feel.hungry
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        panǰ
        five
        bhiš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        kaál
        year
        -ii
        -gen
        buc̣háal
        hungry
        -u
        -MSG
        ba
        top
        panǰ
        five
        bhiš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        kaál
        year
        -a
        -pl
        na
        neg
        dham
        be.satisfied
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        The person who has had enough to eat for 100 years will not become hungry in 100 years, but the person who has been hungry for 100 years will not be satisfied in 100 years. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:094

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