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काल — meaning in English

kāl

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English meaning

  • death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
  • epoch noun A distinct period of time in history, especially one marked by particular events or characteristics.
  • era noun A period of time marked out by particular events, developments, or characteristics.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • tense adjective Feeling or showing stress, anxiety, or strain; not relaxed.
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
  • year noun The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once, about 365 days.
  • yesterday noun The day before today.

Senses

काल is used for these senses in English:

  • epoch particular period of history
  • time inevitable passing of events
  • death personification of death
  • year time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
  • era time period
  • period history: period of time seen as coherent entity
  • tense verb forms distinguishing time
  • yesterday on the day before today

death — full definition

  1. noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
  2. noun The end or collapse of something non-living, used figuratively.
  3. name The personification of death, traditionally shown as a hooded, skeletal figure carrying a scythe.

epoch — full definition

  1. noun A distinct period of time in history, especially one marked by particular events or characteristics.
  2. noun Geology: a division of geological time shorter than a period.

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