英语词汇calcutta的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	calcutta
词源	Calcutta city in eastern India, former capital of British India, named for Hindu goddess Kali. In modern use often de-Englished as Kolkata. Entries linking to calcutta Kali a name of Devi, the Hindu mother-goddess, in her black-skinned death-aspect, 1798, from Sanskrit kali, literally "the black one," fem. of kalah "blue-black, black," a word from a Dravidian language. Also taken as the fem. of kala "time" (as destroyer). updated on October 10, 2017
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