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"word": "Kali"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kāḷi",
"sense": "goddess",
"word": "కాళి"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kālī",
"sense": "goddess",
"word": "กาลี"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "goddess",
"word": "Kali"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kālī",
"sense": "goddess",
"word": "کالی"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "kali",
"sense": "male demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "कलि"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "kali",
"sense": "male demon",
"word": "कलि"
}
],
"word": "Kali"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
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"English terms borrowed from German",
"English terms derived from German",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Hindu deities"
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"3": "Kalium"
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"name": "bor"
}
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"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"A potassium salt."
],
"links": [
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"homeopathy",
"homeopathy"
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],
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"(homeopathy) A potassium salt."
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],
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}
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