"कलि" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /kɐ́.li/ [Vedic], /ˈkɐ.l̪i/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: A derivative of the root कल् (kal). Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=káli}} कलि • (káli) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|káli}} Forms: káli [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], कलिः [nominative, singular], कली [dual, nominative], कलयः [nominative, plural], कले [singular, vocative], कली [dual, vocative], कलयः [plural, vocative], कलिम् [accusative, singular], कली [accusative, dual], कलीन् [accusative, plural], कलिना [instrumental, singular], कल्या1 [instrumental, singular], कलिभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], कलिभिः [instrumental, plural], कलये [dative, singular], कलिभ्याम् [dative, dual], कलिभ्यः [dative, plural], कलेः [ablative, singular], कल्यः1 [ablative, singular], कलिभ्याम् [ablative, dual], कलिभ्यः [ablative, plural], कलेः [genitive, singular], कल्यः1 [genitive, singular], कल्योः [dual, genitive], कलीनाम् [genitive, plural], कलौ [locative, singular], कला1 [locative, singular], कल्योः [dual, locative], कलिषु [locative, plural]
  1. name of the die or side of a die marked with one dot, the losing die (personified as an evil genius in the episode of nala)
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-1~qi85-a
  2. symbolical expression for the number 1
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-N8saZRWZ
  3. Terminalia bellerica (the nuts of which in older times were used as dice)
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-8qt2eWcs
  4. Kali Yuga: name of the last and worst of the four yugas or ages, the present age, age of vice (the kali- age contains, inclusive of the two dawns, 1200 years of the gods or 432,000 years of men, and begins the eighteenth of February, 3102 B.C.;at the end of this yuga- the world is to be destroyed)
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-UK~MdhYC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 20 7 49 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 13 11 53 13 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 8 16 11 48 15 1 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 15 11 48 16 3
  5. Kali: strife, discord, quarrel, contention (personified as the son of krodha-,"Anger", and hiṃsā-,"Injury", and as generating with his sister durukti-,"Calumny."two children, viz. bhaya-,"Fear", and mṛtyu-,"Death" )
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-ctBd3G-M
  6. the worst of a class or number of objects
    Sense id: en-कलि-sa-noun-NE6OtVkJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: कलिपुरुष (kalipuruṣa) (english: the demon Kali or Kalipurush, representing the widespread wickedness that dominates the Kali Yuga era), कलियुग (kaliyuga) (english: Kali Yuga, the wicked age of the demon Kalipurush) 
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      "word": "कलियुग"
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      "english": "the demon Kali or Kalipurush, representing the widespread wickedness that dominates the Kali Yuga era",
      "roman": "kalipuruṣa",
      "word": "कलिपुरुष"
    },
    {
      "english": "Kali Yuga, the wicked age of the demon Kalipurush",
      "roman": "kaliyuga",
      "word": "कलियुग"
    }
  ],
  "word": "कलि"
}

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  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "कलि",
  "trace": ""
}

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