Kali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kali"

Translingual

Kali indica

Etymology 1

After the Hindu goddess Kali.

Proper noun

Kali f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chiasmodontidae – certain snaketooth fishes, deep sea fish of fearsome appearance.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class;- infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Scombriformes - order; Chiasmodontidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus of Chiasmodontidae): Kali indica - type species; Kali colubrina, Kali falx, Kali kerberti, Kali macrodon, Kali macrura, Kali parri - other species

Etymology 2

Originally a specific epithet, from Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.

Proper noun

Kali n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – certain prickly tumbleweeds; previously and again now usually included in genus Salsola.

Synonyms

• (genus of Amaranthaceae): Salsola kali (section)

Hypernyms

• (genus of Amaranthaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae – family; Salsoloideae - subfamily; Salsoleae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of Amaranthaceae): Kali australis (now Salsola australis, Russian thistle), Kali collina (now Salsola collina), Kali griffithii (now Salsola griffithii), Kali jacquemontii (now Salsola jacquemontii), Kali ikonnikovii (now Salsola ikonnikovii), Kali komarovii (now Salsola komarovii), Kali paulsenii (barb-wire Russian thistle, now Salsola paulsenii), Kali rosacea (now Salsola rosacea), Kali tamamschjanae (now Salsola tamamschjanae), Kali tamariscina (now Salsola tamariscina), Kali tragus (prickly Russian thistle, Russian thistle, tumbleweed, now Salsola tragus), Kali turgidum (prickly saltwort, now Salsola kali), Kali zaidamica (now Salsola zaidamica) (species)

References

• (genus of Chiasmodontidae):
  • Kali (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Kali on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Chiasmodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Kali at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• (genus of Amaranthaceae):
  • Kali (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Kali (Amaranthaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Kali at Plants of the World Online
  • Kali at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

English

A 12th century bronze statue of the goddess Kali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit काली (kālī) or कालिका (kālikā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːli/
• (anglicized alternative pronunciation of the given name) IPA^(key): /ˈkæli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːli
• Rhymes: -æli

Proper noun

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.

   Synonyms: Mahakali, Kali Maa, Kali Ma, Maa Kali

   • 1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published 1988, page 122:

     Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī.

   • 2000, Sanjukta Gupta, “27: The Worship of Kālī According to the Toḑala Tantra”, in David Gordon White, editor, Tantra in Practice, published 2001, page 463:

     To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.

   • 2011, June McDaniel, “2: Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence”, in Patricia Monaghan, editor, Goddesses in World Culture, volume 1, page 26:

     A popular form of Kali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, or Kali as primordial power. Adya Shakti Kali is also present in some tantras, especially the Mahanirvana Tantra. Because she devours Kala or Time, she is Kali, the original form of all things, and because she is the origin and devourer of all things, she is called Adya Kali.

2. A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.

Related terms

• Bhadrakali
• Kali Puja

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कलि (kali).

Proper noun

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.

   Synonyms: Kalipurush, Kali Purush, Kalpurush

Usage notes

Some people refer the demon Kali as "Kalipurush" or "Kalpurush" to differentiate him from the goddess Kali.

Derived terms

• Kali Yuga

Translations

goddess

• Basque: Kali
• Bengali: কালী (bn) f (kali)
• Bulgarian: Кали (Kali)
• Burmese: ကာလီ (kali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迦梨 (zh) (Jiālí), 時母 / 时母 (Shímǔ)

• Czech: Kálí f
• Danish: Kali
• Dutch: Kálii
• Finnish: Kali
• French: Kâlî
• German: Kali (de)
• Hungarian: Káli
• Indonesian: Kali
• Irish: Cailí f
• Italian: Kali
• Japanese: カーリー (kārī)
• Korean: 칼리 (kalli)
• Marathi: काली f (kālī)
• Newar: काली (kālī)
• Polish: Kali (pl)
• Portuguese: Kali
• Russian: Ка́ли (ru) (Káli)
• Sanskrit: काली (sa) (kālī)
• Sinhalese: කාලී (kālī)
• Spanish: Kali (es)
• Swedish: Kali
• Telugu: కాళి (te) (kāḷi)
• Thai: กาลี (th) (kālī)
• Turkish: Kali
• Urdu: کالی (kālī)

male demon

• Marathi: कलि m (kali)
• Sanskrit: कलि (sa) (kali)

female given name

See also

• Kali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kali (Demon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Kali in sculpture on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Paintings of Kali on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 3

A shortening of German Kalium.

Proper noun

Kali

1. (homeopathy) A potassium salt.

Anagrams

• Lika, ilka, Kail, kail, kila, laik, Laki, Akil

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Kali n (strong, genitive Kalis, plural Kalis)

1. potash (Short form of Kalisalz)

Declension

Declension of Kali [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kali	die	Kalis
genitive	eines	des	Kalis	der	Kalis
dative	einem	dem	Kali	den	Kalis
accusative	ein	das	Kali	die	Kalis

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Kale

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Christen.

Proper noun

Kali

1. a male given name from Danish

Related terms

• Kajistiaat
• Kalistat
• Kalistiaat
• Kari

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
• [1] Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kali f

1. (Hinduism) Kali (goddess)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Kali ? (Cyrillic spelling Кали)

1. A municipality of Croatia.