"காலம்" meaning in Tamil

See காலம் in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaːlam/ Audio: ta-காலம்.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Doublet of கால் (kāl). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ta|sa|काल}} Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla), {{dbt|ta|கால்}} Doublet of கால் (kāl) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} காலம் • (kālam) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl}} Forms: kālam [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], காலம் [nominative, singular], காலங்கள் [nominative, plural], காலமே [singular, vocative], காலங்களே [plural, vocative], காலத்தை [accusative, singular], காலங்களை [accusative, plural], காலத்துக்கு [dative, singular], காலங்களுக்கு [dative, plural], காலத்துக்காக [benefactive, singular], காலங்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], காலத்துடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்தின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்தில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்திடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்தோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்துடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], காலங்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], காலத்தால் [instrumental, singular], காலங்களால் [instrumental, plural], காலத்திலிருந்து [ablative, singular], காலங்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. time Synonyms: நேரம், பொழுது, வேளை
    Sense id: en-காலம்-ta-noun-M2B0gF~I Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
  2. season
    Sense id: en-காலம்-ta-noun-j44k9lxX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: கால் (kāl) 
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "काल"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "கால்"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of கால் (kāl)",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Doublet of கால் (kāl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kālam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலம்",
      "roman": "kālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்கள்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலமே",
      "roman": "kālamē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களே",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தை",
      "roman": "kālattai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களை",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துக்கு",
      "roman": "kālattukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துக்காக",
      "roman": "kālattukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துடைய",
      "roman": "kālattuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுடைய",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தின்",
      "roman": "kālattiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களின்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தில்",
      "roman": "kālattil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களில்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்திடம்",
      "roman": "kālattiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களிடம்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தோடு",
      "roman": "kālattōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களோடு",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துடன்",
      "roman": "kālattuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுடன்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தால்",
      "roman": "kālattāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களால்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kālattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "காலம் • (kālam)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāl",
      "word": "கால்"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time"
      ],
      "id": "en-காலம்-ta-noun-M2B0gF~I",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நேரம்"
        },
        {
          "word": "பொழுது"
        },
        {
          "word": "வேளை"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "season"
      ],
      "id": "en-காலம்-ta-noun-j44k9lxX",
      "links": [
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːlam/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "ta-காலம்.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "காலம்"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil doublets",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil m-stem nouns",
    "Tamil nouns",
    "Tamil terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "काल"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "கால்"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of கால் (kāl)",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla). Doublet of கால் (kāl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kālam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலம்",
      "roman": "kālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்கள்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலமே",
      "roman": "kālamē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களே",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தை",
      "roman": "kālattai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களை",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துக்கு",
      "roman": "kālattukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துக்காக",
      "roman": "kālattukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துடைய",
      "roman": "kālattuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுடைய",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தின்",
      "roman": "kālattiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களின்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தில்",
      "roman": "kālattil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களில்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்திடம்",
      "roman": "kālattiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களிடம்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தோடு",
      "roman": "kālattōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களோடு",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்துடன்",
      "roman": "kālattuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களுடன்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்தால்",
      "roman": "kālattāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களால்",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலத்திலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kālattiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "காலங்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "kālaṅkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "காலம் • (kālam)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kāl",
      "word": "கால்"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "நேரம்"
        },
        {
          "word": "பொழுது"
        },
        {
          "word": "வேளை"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "season"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːlam/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "ta-காலம்.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Ta-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "காலம்"
}

Download raw JSONL data for காலம் meaning in Tamil (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 1'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive 2'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 1'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'locative 2'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 1'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'sociative 2'",
  "path": [
    "காலம்"
  ],
  "section": "Tamil",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "காலம்",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tamil dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.