Kali
['kɑli]
- n. 卡莉（印度教女神）；钾猪毛菜；[无化] 氧化钾
- n. (Kali)人名；(乌干)卡利；(俄、葡、匈、肯、印、乌干、尼)卡利；(英)凯莉
英文词源
- Kali
- a name of Devi, the Hindu mother-goddess, in her death-goddess aspect, 1798, from Sanskrit kali, literally "the black one," fem. of kalah "blue-black, black," from a Dravidian language. Also taken as the fem. of kala "time" (as destroyer). She is portrayed as black-skinned, blood-smeared, and wearing a necklace of skulls and a girdle of snakes.