kali

Noun (1)

kali (uncountable)

1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
   • But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2
2. Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈkɑːli/

kali (uncountable)

1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

   Synonyms:

   arnis, eskrima

Noun (3)

IPA/ˈkeɪli/

kali (uncountable)

1. A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
   • [M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.1928, Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, in The Homestead (South Africa), page 27
   • The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882.2005, Christopher Upton, Living Back-to-back, page 152

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kali

IPA/ˈkɑːli/

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
   • 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.1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published 1988, page 122
   • To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.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

   Synonyms:

   Mahakali, Kali Maa, Kali Ma, Maa Kali

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

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kali

Kali

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

   Synonyms:

   Kalipurush, Kali Purush, Kalpurush

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Kali

Kali

1. A potassium salt.