# Kali
## Translingual
### Etymology 1

After the Hindu goddess Kali.

#### Proper noun

Kali f
* 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
* 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
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑːli/
* (anglicized alternative pronunciation of the given name) IPA: /ˈkæli/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːli
* Rhymes: -æli

#### Proper noun

Kali
* (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.
* A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.

##### Related terms

* Bhadrakali
* Kali Puja

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कलि (kali).

#### Proper noun

Kali
* (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
#### 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
* (homeopathy) A potassium salt.

### Anagrams

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Kali n (strong, genitive Kalis, plural Kalis)
* potash (Short form of Kalisalz)

#### Declension
## Greenlandic
### Alternative forms

* (old orthography) Kale

### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Christen.

### Proper noun

Kali
* a male given name from Danish

#### Related terms

* Kajistiaat
* Kalistat
* Kalistiaat
* Kari

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Kali f
* (Hinduism) Kali (goddess)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Kali ? (Cyrillic spelling Кали)
* A municipality of Croatia.