Translingual

Kali tragus

Etymology

After the Hindu goddess.

Proper noun

Kali f

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

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• (genus of Amaranthaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Salsoloideae - subfamily; Salsoleae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of Chiasmodontidae): Kali colubrina, Kali falx, Kali indica, Kali kerberti, Kali macrodon, Kali macrura, Kali parri (species)
• (genus of Amaranthaceae): Kali australis, Kali collina, Kali griffithii, Kali jacquemontii, Kali ikonnikovii, Kali komarovii, Kali paulsenii, Kali rosacea, Kali tamamschjanae, Kali tamariscina, Kali tragus, Kali turgida, Kali zaidamica (species)

English

A 12th century bronze statue of the goddess Kali

Proper noun

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion.
   • 1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, 1988 paperback, 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, David Gordon White (editor), Tantra in Practice, 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, 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. (Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth Avatar of Vishnu.
3. A female given name used in India.

Related terms

• Bhadrakali

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• ilka

German

Noun

Kali n ‎(genitive Kalis, plural Kalis)

1. potash (Short form of Kalisalz)

Declension

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Kale

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish Christen.

Proper noun

Kali

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Kajistiaat
• Kalistat
• Kalistiaat
• Kari

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kali f

1. (Hinduism) Kali (goddess)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Kali ?

1. A municipality in Croatia.

English

Noun

kali ‎(uncountable)

1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgida, formerly Salsola kali).
   • 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2

     But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda […]

Betawi

Noun

kali

1. river

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

kali

1. kind of large bird

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kalja. Possibly a pre-Balto-Slavic Indo-European loan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂al-ew-yo-.

Noun

kali ‎(genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

1. kvass

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑli

Noun

kali

1. potassium
2. potassium oxide

Declension

Anagrams

• laki, lika

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb

kali ‎(used in the form ikali)

1. to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Indonesian

Noun

kali

1. times

   Aku pergi ke sana dua kali sebulan.

   • I go there twice a month.

   Tiga kali empat sama dengan dua belas.

   • Three times four equals twelve.

2. river

Latvian

Verb

kali

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of kalt

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kali/
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Alternative forms

• gali

Verb

kali ‎(used in the form mengali)

1. Obsolete form of gali.

Synonyms

• korek

Etymology 2

kali

Noun

kali

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

• alir
• alur
• batang
• bengawan
• ci
• sungai
• wai

Etymology 3

Noun

kali

1. times

Verb

kali

1. to times, to multiply

Ngiyambaa

Noun

kali

1. water
   • 2001, Mood and Modality (ISBN 0521804795):

     ɡaliː-ŋinda-ɡila ŋiyanu balu-y-aɡa

     water-CARIT-HYPOTH we+PL+NOM die-CM-IRR

     we'll probably die for lack of water

Romani

Adjective

kali

1. feminine singular of kalo

Sundanese

Verb

kali

1. to dig

Swahili

Adjective

-kali ‎(declinable)

1. sharp
2. fierce
3. acidic
4. harsh, cruel
5. savage
6. intense

Inflection

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Latin kalium, following the "'-um'-dropping" pattern in naming chemical elements

Alternative forms

• ca-li

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ l̪i˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˥ l̻ʲɪj˧˥]
• Phonetic: ca li

Noun

kali

1. potassium