कलि
See also: काली
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কলি (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
- কলি (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ကလိ (Burmese script)
- કલિ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಲಿ (Kannada script)
- កលិ (Khmer script)
- ກລິ (Lao script)
- കലി (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
- କଲି (Odia script)
- ꢒꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
- කලි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
- கலி (Tamil script)
- కలి (Telugu script)
- กลิ (Thai script)
- ཀ་ལི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A derivative of the root कल् (kal).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ́.li/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐ.l̪i/
Noun
कलि • (káli) stem, m
- name of the die or side of a die marked with one dot, the losing die (personified as an evil genius in the episode of nala)
- symbolical expression for the number 1
- Terminalia bellerica (the nuts of which in older times were used as dice)
- Kali Yuga: name of the last and worst of the four yugas or ages, the present age, age of vice (the kali- age contains, inclusive of the two dawns, 1200 years of the gods or 432,000 years of men, and begins the eighteenth of February, 3102 B.C.;at the end of this yuga- the world is to be destroyed)
- Kali: strife, discord, quarrel, contention (personified as the son of krodha-,"Anger", and hiṃsā-,"Injury", and as generating with his sister durukti-,"Calumny."two children, viz. bhaya-,"Fear", and mṛtyu-,"Death" )
- the worst of a class or number of objects
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कलिः (káliḥ) | कली (kálī) | कलयः (kálayaḥ) |
| accusative | कलिम् (kálim) | कली (kálī) | कलीन् (kálīn) |
| instrumental | कलिना (kálinā) कल्या¹ (kályā¹) |
कलिभ्याम् (kálibhyām) | कलिभिः (kálibhiḥ) |
| dative | कलये (kálaye) | कलिभ्याम् (kálibhyām) | कलिभ्यः (kálibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कलेः (káleḥ) कल्यः¹ (kályaḥ¹) |
कलिभ्याम् (kálibhyām) | कलिभ्यः (kálibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कलेः (káleḥ) कल्यः¹ (kályaḥ¹) |
कल्योः (kályoḥ) | कलीनाम् (kálīnām) |
| locative | कलौ (kálau) कला¹ (kálā¹) |
कल्योः (kályoḥ) | कलिषु (káliṣu) |
| vocative | कले (kále) | कली (kálī) | कलयः (kálayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Synonyms
- कलिपुरुष (kalipuruṣa) (the demon Kali or Kalipurush, representing the widespread wickedness that dominates the Kali Yuga era)
- कलियुग (kaliyuga) (Kali Yuga, the wicked age of the demon Kalipurush)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 261.