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vikāleti

vikāla

masc

1. vikāla (masc): afternoon; evening; (comm) from midday until dawn; lit. wrong time
2. vikāle (ind): at the wrong time; at an improper time

Analysis. vikāle + iti

Etymology. vi + √kal > kāl + *a; from √kal 'spend time'; Sanskrit vikāla [kal]

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

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