Hindi

Adjective

अकाल • ‎(akāl) ‎(Urdu spelling اکال)

1. untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, premature

Noun

अकाल • ‎(akāl) m ‎(Urdu spelling اکال)

1. an inopportune or unseasonable time
2. untimeliness, unseasonableness;
3. a bad season, a season of scarcity
4. drought, scarcity, dearth, famine
5. extremity, pinch

See also

• काल ‎(kāl)

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Sanskrit

Etymology

अ- ‎(a-) +‎ काल ‎(kāla)

Adjective

अकाल • ‎(akāla)

1. unseasonable

Noun

अकाल • ‎(akāla) m

1. a wrong or bad time

Declension

Descendants

• Telugu: అకాలము ‎(akālamu)