As a deity name
Name 119 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a dark night
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kālarātryai" is the dative of "kālarātrī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kālarātryai" is the dative of "kālarātri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kāla—rātrī f. a dark night, W.
kāla—rātrī f. the night of all-destroying time, night of destruction at the end of the world (often personified and identified with Durgā or with one of her Śaktis), MBh.; R. &c.
1. kāla—rātri f. a dark night, W.
(for 2. -rātri See p. 278, col. 3.)
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources