कला kalā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.

Usual translation

  1. degree

Origin of the definition

कला kalā fc art [आधुनिक modern, प्राचीन ancient, मध्यकालीन medieval, भारतीय Indian]; ~ की वस्तु a piece of —; हम कलाओं का अध्ययन करते हैं we study arts; सीना भी एक ~ है sewing is also an —; संगीत ~ — of music; चित्र-~ painting. [syn. आर्ट]

कला kalā kala: (nf) art, craft, skill; a portion, division; a digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter; sport, play; degree; very minute division of time; ~कार an artist; ~कृति a work of art, an artistic creation; —कौशल artistic skill; artifice; ~जंग a somersault, a trick in the art of wrestling; ~धर, ~निधि the moon; ~परक artistic; ~बाज़ an acrobat; ~बाज़ी acrobatics, acrobatic feat, taking a somersault; ~वंत an artiste, possessed of artistic skill; ~वादी aesthetic; a believer in art for art's sake; ~विलासी a dilettante.

S کلا कला kalā, s.f. A sixteenth part (of anything); a small part; part, portion, share; a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter; a particular division of time (about eight seconds); the sixtieth part of a degree, a minute; interest on capital (considered as a part of it); — any practical art, a mechanical or elegant art; accomplishment, skill, dexterity, ingenuity, art, contrivance, trick, juggling; — (in Hindū poetry) a symbol for the number sixteen.

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Created
Tuesday 26 May 2020
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