Can you translate these? काल(kāl); समय (samay).
Can you translate these? काल(kāl); समय (samay).
John-H8
April 10, 2014
hari-rocket-hindi-tutor
April 12, 2014
काल(kāl); death, time
समय (samay). time
John-H8
April 13, 2014
Hi Hari,
Thank you for your reply. Can we use these two terms interchangeably to mean time?
hari-rocket-hindi-tutor
April 29, 2014
yes you could, but people mostly associate kaal with death. If you would see ancient usage, it meant time but with the development of the language, samay is used for time and kaal for death.
John-H8
June 1, 2014
Thank you.
Gaurav (Rocket Hindi Tutor)
April 18, 2015
Hi John,
'kaal' is still used as time quite extensively. Example:
Sandhyakaal = evening
Pratahkaal = morning
Although 'Kaal' is used as death but more appropriate word for death will be 'mrityukal' which means time of death. Like in English one can say that my time came...means time of death came, same in Hindi 'kaal' is used for time of death or death in short.
'kaal' is still used as time quite extensively. Example:
Sandhyakaal = evening
Pratahkaal = morning
Although 'Kaal' is used as death but more appropriate word for death will be 'mrityukal' which means time of death. Like in English one can say that my time came...means time of death came, same in Hindi 'kaal' is used for time of death or death in short.
John-H8
August 7, 2015
Thank you!
Gaurav (Rocket Hindi Tutor)
August 7, 2015
You are very welcome.
Deven--3 देवन--३
November 27, 2015
The word for death could also be 'maut' 'मौत'