Girl · Bengali, from Sanskrit kṛṣṇa · Hindu
Krishnakali
कृष्णकलीSay it KRISH-no-KO-lee
- Meaning today
- A flower
- Original meaning
- "a garden flower and its plant (Bengali kṛṣṇakali)" Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary, p. 252
- Say it
- KRISH-no-KO-lee
- Written
- कृष्णकली
- Other spellings
- Krishnokoli, Krishnakoli
Krishnakali
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Krishnakali meaning
Krishnakali (कृष्णकली) is a Hindu girl's name of Bengali origin (from Sanskrit kṛṣṇa).
A garden flower and its plant (Bengali kṛṣṇakali)
Also used to mean: a flower
Krishnakali (কৃষ্ণকলি) is the Bengali name of a garden flower. The Samsad Bengali-English Dictionary lists kṛṣṇakali under kṛṣṇa as a flowering plant and its flower; the two parts are kṛṣṇa, "dark", and kali, "a bud", so the name pictures a dark bud. In Bengal it is tied to Rabindranath Tagore's poem and song Krishnakali, in which the poet sees a dark-skinned village girl in a field and insists on the beauty of her eyes, whatever others say of her colour. The name recalls that song.
Source: Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary (Biswas), p. 252 · entry কৃষ্ণকলি (under কৃষ্ণ kr̥ṣṇa) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary, kṛṣṇa, ~kali, p. 252 · Samsad Bengali–English Dictionary, kali, p. 212 · Tagore, 'Krishnakali', tr. Fakrul Alam (The Daily Star, 2002)
Spellings
Krishnakali · Krishnokoli · Krishnakoli