काली
Hindi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSemi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कालिय (kāliya). Doublet of कालिय (kāliya).
Proper noun
editकाली • (kālī) m (Urdu spelling کالی)
- Kaliya (a Nāga living in the Yamuna river)
Declension
editDeclension of काली (sg-only masc ī-stem)
singular | |
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direct | काली kālī |
oblique | काली kālī |
vocative | काली kālī |
Etymology 2
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit काली (kālī). By surface analysis, काल (kāl) + -ई (-ī).
Noun
editकाली • (kālī) f (Urdu spelling کالی) (rare, formal)
- night
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रात
- black ink
- darkness, blackness
- abuse, censure, defamation
Declension
editDeclension of काली (fem ī-stem)
Proper noun
editकाली • (kālī) f (Urdu spelling کالی)
- (Hinduism) Kali, title of goddess Durga
- काली माँ ― kālī mā̃ ― mother Kali
- a female given name, Kali, from Sanskrit
- one of the seven tongues or flames of fire
- Satyavati (wife of Shantanu)
Declension
editDeclension of काली (sg-only fem ī-stem)
singular | |
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direct | काली kālī |
oblique | काली kālī |
vocative | काली kālī |
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editकाली • (kālī) (Urdu spelling کالی)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “काली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “काली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “काली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “काली”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kālī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- কালী (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
- কালী (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ကာလီ (Burmese script)
- કાલી (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
- កាលី (Khmer script)
- ກາລີ (Lao script)
- കാലീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
- କାଲୀ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
- කාලී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
- காலீ (Tamil script)
- కాలీ (Telugu script)
- กาลี (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom काल (kāla, “blackness”) + -ई (-ī), from Proto-Dravidian *kār-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editकाली • (kālī) stem, f
- black colour, ink or blacking
- abuse, censure, defamation
- a row or succession of black clouds
- night
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:रात्रि
- a worm or animalcule generated in the acetous fermentation of milk
- Synonym: क्षीरकीट (kṣīrakīṭa)
- a kind of clay
Declension
editFeminine ī-stem declension of काली (kālī) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | काली kālī |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
काल्यः / कालीः¹ kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹ |
Vocative | कालि kāli |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
काल्यः / कालीः¹ kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹ |
Accusative | कालीम् kālīm |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
कालीः kālīḥ |
Instrumental | काल्या kālyā |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभिः kālībhiḥ |
Dative | काल्यै kālyai |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभ्यः kālībhyaḥ |
Ablative | काल्याः / काल्यै² kālyāḥ / kālyai² |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभ्यः kālībhyaḥ |
Genitive | काल्याः / काल्यै² kālyāḥ / kālyai² |
काल्योः kālyoḥ |
कालीनाम् kālīnām |
Locative | काल्याम् kālyām |
काल्योः kālyoḥ |
कालीषु kālīṣu |
Notes |
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Proper noun
editकाली • (kālī) stem, f
- (Hinduism) Kali (the most terrifying goddess, wife of Shiva, identified as Parvati in her benevolent aspect)
- Satyavati (wife of Shantanu)
- one of the mātṛs (divine mothers)
- name of the plant kālāñjanī
- Operculina turpethum
- Bignonia suaveolens
- one of the seven tongues or flames of fire
- name of a female evil spirit (mother of the Kalakeyas)
- one of the sixteen Vidyadevis
- name of a river
Declension
editFeminine ī-stem declension of काली (kālī) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | काली kālī |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
काल्यः / कालीः¹ kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹ |
Vocative | कालि kāli |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
काल्यः / कालीः¹ kālyaḥ / kālīḥ¹ |
Accusative | कालीम् kālīm |
काल्यौ / काली¹ kālyau / kālī¹ |
कालीः kālīḥ |
Instrumental | काल्या kālyā |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभिः kālībhiḥ |
Dative | काल्यै kālyai |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभ्यः kālībhyaḥ |
Ablative | काल्याः / काल्यै² kālyāḥ / kālyai² |
कालीभ्याम् kālībhyām |
कालीभ्यः kālībhyaḥ |
Genitive | काल्याः / काल्यै² kālyāḥ / kālyai² |
काल्योः kālyoḥ |
कालीनाम् kālīnām |
Locative | काल्याम् kālyām |
काल्योः kālyoḥ |
कालीषु kālīṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
edit- Assamese: কালী (kali)
- Bengali: কালী (kali)
- Chinese: 迦梨 (Jiālí)
- English: Kali
- Gujarati: કાલિ (kāli)
- Hindi: काली (kālī)
- Malayalam: കാളി (kāḷi)
- Marathi: काली (kālī)
- Burmese: ကာလီ (kali)
- Nepali: काली (kālī)
- Newar: काली (kālī)
- Punjabi: ਕਾਲੀ (kālī)
- Sindhi: ڪالي
- Sinhalese: කාලී (kālī)
- Tamil: காளி (kāḷi)
- Telugu: కాళి (kāḷi)
- Thai: กาลี (gaa-lii)
Adjective
editकाली • (kālī)
References
edit- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “काली”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “काली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 277.
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