kal

See also: kaļ, kał, kál, kâl, kål, ką̊l, käl-, -kal, -kál, -kal-, -kał, and кал

Translingual

Symbol

kal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Greenlandic.

Acholi

Noun

kál

1. millet

Assangori

Noun

kal

1. water

References

• Elaine, Bombay, Enquête sociolinguistique sur les langues tama et assangori parlers du Tchad et du Soudan (2007)

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

Noun

kal (Bengali script কাল)

1. horn (traditional instrument)

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		کال
Abjad		кал

Etymology

From Persian کال.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɑɫ]

• Audio:

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Adjective

kal (comparative daha kal, superlative ən kal)

1. unripe

   Synonyms: dəyməmiş, yetişməmiş, göy

2. dull, stupid

   Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, gecanlayan, tupoy

3. (of voice) hoarse

   Synonyms: tutqun, boğunuq

4. only used in yuxudan kal durmaq tired, half asleep, sleep-deprived

   Yuxudan kal durmuşam. ― I woke up tired, I didn't get enough sleep.

Further reading

• “kal” in Obastan.com.

Central Nahuatl

Noun

kal

1. house.

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kalgh

Etymology

Variant of kalgh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kal/

Noun

kal m (plural kalyow)

1. (anatomy) penis

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kal

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Noun

kal m inan

1. dregs (suspended sediment or other particles in a liquid)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kal	kaly
genitive	kalu	kalů
dative	kalu	kalům
accusative	kal	kaly
vocative	kale	kaly
locative	kalu	kalech
instrumental	kalem	kaly

Declension of kal (hard masculine inanimate)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kal

1. second-person singular imperative of kalit

Further reading

• “kal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

kal

1. inflection of kallen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• alk, lak

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun

kal

1. what

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

kal n (genitive singular kals, no plural)

1. frostbite

Declension

Declension of kal (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kal	kalið
accusative	kal	kalið
dative	kali	kalinu
genitive	kals	kalsins

Derived terms

• kalinn
• kalsár

Anagrams

• lak

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun

kal

1. which

Kholosi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (kalla)), from Sanskrit कल्य (kalya).

Adverb

kal

1. yesterday

   Antonym: sabô

References

• Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization