masculine
the wrong time; afternoon and the night
Vikāla [vi + kāla] "wrong time," i.e. not the proper time, which usually means "afternoon" or "evening," and therefore often "too late." — Vin IV 274 (= time from sunset to sunrise); Ja V 131 (ajja vikālo today it is too late); Vv-a 230 (the same). — locative vikāle (opposite kāle) as adverb, meaning: (1) at the wrong time Vin I 200; Snp 386; Pv-a 12. (2) too late Vv 84 8 (= akāle Vv-a 337); Dhp-a I 356; IV 69. (3) very late (at night) Ja V 458. -bhojana taking a meal at the wrong time, i, e. in the afternoon Vin I 83; D I 5; A I 212; II 209; Snp 400; Sv I 77. {613}
【陽】 錯誤的時間,午後和夜晚。~bhojana,【中】 在午後和晚上吃食物。
(masc, masc, from kāla) afternoon; evening; (comm) from midday until dawn wrong time, afternoon and the night [lit.] wrong time Construction: vi + √kal > kāl + *a