Kali

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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[…]”

2. isim Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
3. isim Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
4. isim 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.”

5. özel isim 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.”

6. özel isim A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
7. özel isim A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.
8. özel isim A potassium salt.