कला

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कला (kalā).

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

कला • (kalā) f (Urdu spelling کلا)

1. art

Borrowed from Sanskrit कला (kalā). Cognate with Gujarati કલા (kalā), Hindi कला (kalā), Konkani कला (kalā), Nepali कला (kalā).

• IPA^(key): /kə.la/

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कला • (kalā) f

1. art

• Berntsen, Maxine, “कला”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कला”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “कला”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कला (kalā).

कला • (kalā) f

1. art

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

Borrowed from Dravidian *kal-ay 'art, skill' related to *kal meaning to learn. Compare கலை (kalai).

कला • (kalā) stem, 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. (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. name of a grammatical commentary

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil கலம் (kalam).

कला • (kalā) stem, f

1. a boat

कला • (kalā) stem, f

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

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