• Bengali Word কলি ১ English definition (noun) 1 an embryonic growth of compact leaves or flower breaking out of the main stem; a half-opened flower; a bud. 2 a painting on one’s face with sandal-paste after the Vaishnabic style: রস কলি. 3 a foot of a verse or song. 4 piece of cloth or a lace cut in the shape of a Vaishnabic কলি for setting on a garment as a decoration: কলিদার পাঞ্জাবি.