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kālena

kāla

masc instr sg of kāla (noun)

1. kāla (masc): time; occasion (for)
2. kāla (masc): suitable time; appropriate occasion; right time; lit. time
3. kāla (masc): (gram) tense; mood; lit. time
4. kāla (masc): (gram) rest; pause; space; lit. time
5. kāla (masc): time of death; death moment; lit. time
6. kāla (masc): daybreak; early morning; lit. time
7. kāla (masc): necklace plant; Sophora tomentosa
8. kālena (ind): timely; at the right time; at an appropriate moment

Etymology. From Indo-European *kel- 'to drive, move, hurry' (seen also in Latin celer 'swift', Greek κέλης 'racing horse'). The sense 'time' develops from the notion of motion or flow. Cognate with Sanskrit kāla.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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