kali
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(capitalized) A major Hindu goddess associated with time, creation, destruction, and power, typically depicted with dark skin, four arms, and a garland of skulls.
"The museum's South Asian gallery features a seventeenth-century bronze sculpture of the goddess Kali."
A traditional Filipino martial art that emphasizes weapon-based fighting with rattan sticks, knives, and bladed weapons, as well as empty-hand techniques.
"She has been training in kali for several years to improve her coordination and footwork."
The prickly saltwort (Salsola kali), a bushy, spiny annual coastal plant of the family Amaranthaceae native to Eurasia and formerly burned to produce soda ash.
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Word Origin & Etymology
In the sense of the Hindu deity, borrowed from Sanskrit Kālī, literally meaning 'the black one'. In the botanical sense, borrowed via Medieval Latin from Arabic qalī, referring to the calcined ashes of saltwort plants, which also gave English the word 'alkali'.
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