Meanings
adjectivetatkal (not comparable)
- Indianot comparableAt once; immediately.
Origin
- Sanskritतत्कालीनं“for the present”
- Hindiतत्काल“on the spot”
- Englishtatkal
From Hindi तत्काल (tatkāl, “on the spot”), from Sanskrit तत्कालीनं (tatkālīnaṃ, “for the present”), from तत् (tat, “that”) + कालीन (kālīna, “belonging to a particular time”).
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tatkal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tatkal
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tatkal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tatkal.
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