काली kālī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Black.
An epithet of the goddess Durgā, wife of Śhiv (the Hecate of the Hindūs, to whom human sacrifices are offered).
Goddess, chasing away devils with her fearsome form.

Usual translation

Kali

Origin of the definition

Kali. goddess, chasing away devils with her fearsome form.

S کالی काली kālī (fem. of काल; and of H. kālā), adj. f. Black, &c. ( = kālā, q.v.); — s.f. Black colour; blacking; ink; a black spot, a mole, a freckle, &c. ( = kālak); — an epithet of the goddess Durgā, wife of Śiva (the Hecate of the Hindūs, to whom human sacrifices are offered); — the river Nile.