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kara

English

Etymology

From Punjabi ਕੜਾ (kaṛā); see Hindi कड़ा (kaṛā, “bracelet”).

Noun

kara (plural karas)

1. (Sikhism) A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.

Anagrams

• rak'a, arak, akra

Balinese

Romanization

kara

1. Romanization of ᬓᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬓᬵᬭ

Basque

Noun

kara

1. allative singular of ka

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *karɨd. Cognate with Breton karout and Welsh caru.

Verb

kara (irregular)

1. to love

Conjugation

Mutation

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian caro, cara, from Latin cārus. Compare French cher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Adjective

kara (accusative singular karan, plural karaj, accusative plural karajn)

1. dear

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ra

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kara.

Noun

kara

1. a dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar dried part of a plant

   Synonym: karahka

2. core (uneaten part of an apple or similar fruit)

   Synonyms: kota, siemenkota

3. pin (a piece of wood, partly inserted inside the wall, that supports the frame of a window or door)
4. pin, spindle, rod (machine part, often relatively long and narrow, used either as an axle or support)
   1. spindle (rod which turns, or on which something turns, e.g. of a door or window handle)
      1. (machining) spindle (rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
      2. (automotive) spindle (of a wheel)
   2. (weaving) core of a pirn (in a weaving shuttle)
   3. valve stem
   4. (manufacturing) core (portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part or that makes a hole in or through the part)
   5. mandrel (component that guides, grips or clamps)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

kara

1. Synonym of koskikara (“bird of the genus Cinclus”)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Clipping of karamboli.

Noun

kara

1. carom billiards, carambole

Declension

Anagrams

• arka

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرَه (qara), from Proto-Turkic *kara. Compare Turkish kara, Azerbaijani qara, Uzbek qora, Turkmen gara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˑˈrɑ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Adjective

kara (comparative taa kara, superlative en kara, intensive kapkara)

1. black, dark

2. (figurative) dark, woeful, sad

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “cara”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 26
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “kara”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 92
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “кара”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 247
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “kara”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 46

Gothic

Romanization

kara

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰

Hungarian

Etymology

From kar +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Noun

kara

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of kar (“faculty; ensemble”)

Usage notes

For the possessive of kar in the sense “arm, lever”, see karja.

Declension

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

Adjective

kara

1. dear

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦫ (kara), from Old Javanese kara.

Noun

kara (plural kara-kara)

1. (botany) hyacinth bean, lablab bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, dolichos bean, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, Australian pea; Lablab purpureus

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Toraja-Sa'dan [Term?]

Noun

kara (plural kara-kara)

1. jewelry made from shells, round with a hole in the middle, usually attached to clothes, large shields, or hats worn by war dancers at death feasts

Further reading

• “kara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kara

1. Rōmaji transcription of から

Javanese

Romanization

kara

1. Romanization of ꦏꦫ

Jingpho

Noun

kara

1. hair

Karaim

Adjective

kara

1. black

References

• dnathan.com

Karao

Noun

kara

1. purpose; motive; intention

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

Noun

kara f

1. punishment; penalty, fine (negative result of something bad that was done)

   Synonym: sztrôfa

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish kara (“cart”).

Noun

kara f

1. wheelbarrow

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Karre.

Noun

kara f

1. (Canada, United States) car

Further reading

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “kara”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN
• Sychta, Bernard (1968) “I-II kara”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 135
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kara”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kara”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “kara”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Khalaj

Alternative forms

• kərə

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کره (kare).

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [kaɾa]

Noun

kara (definite accusative karañ, plural karalar)

1. butter

Declension

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Latvian

Noun

kara m

1. genitive singular of karš

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German karre, ultimately from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

Noun

kara f (diminutive karka)

1. cart, wagon

Declension

References

• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Mapudungun

Noun

kara (Raguileo spelling)

1. town, city

   Synonym: waria

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Nias

Noun

kara (mutated form gara)

1. stone

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːrɑ/

Noun

kara n

1. definite plural of kar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kɑ(ː)rɑ/

Noun

kara m

1. (non-standard since 1983) definite plural of kar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kara n

1. definite plural of kar

Nupe

Etymology 1

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà.ɾà/

Noun

kàrà

1. akara

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kā.ɾā/

Noun

kara (plural karazhì)

1. crab

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà.ɾà/

Noun

kàrà

1. load; luggage; cargo
2. burden

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ká.ɾà/

Noun

kárà (plural káràzhì)

1. wall surrounding a compound (that does not connect to the houses)

See also

• sókùn (“compound wall built from one house to another”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• chara, khara — Upper German, Alemannic, Bavarian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō. See Karfreitag.

Noun

kara f

1. sorrow, lamentation

Declension

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.hun/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: kara, kāra, khara
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर (kara, “finger”), कृ (kṛ, “to make”).

Noun

kara

1. hand
2. finger
3. ray of light, beam

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦫ (kara) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬭ (kara)

Etymology 2

Suffix

kara

1. Alternative spelling of kāra (“making, doing”)

Etymology 3

Unknown, probably borrowed from Sanskrit खर (khara, “thorny plant”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kara

1. (botany) hyacinth bean, lablab bean, bonavist bean, bonavist pea, dolichos bean, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, Australian pea; Lablab purpureus.

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦫ (kara) (inherited)

Etymology 4

Noun

kara

1. Alternative spelling of khara

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kara

1. animals that may not be eaten
2. crow

Further reading

• "kara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German karre. First attested in 1471.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /kara/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /kara/

Noun

kara f

1. (attested in Greater Poland) light cart with one or two wheels

   Synonym: jednokole

Descendants

• Polish: kara (“cart”)
  • → Kashubian: kara (“wheelbarrow”)
  • → Ukrainian: ґара (gara)
  • → Slovincian: kara
• Silesian: kara (“wheelbarrow”)

References

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kara 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “kara”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “kara, pl. tantum kary”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “kara”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *karu. Cognate with Old English caru, Old High German chara (“grief”), Old Norse kǫr (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara).

Noun

kara f

1. grief, sorrow
2. anxiety

Declension

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

Oroqen

Adjective

kara

1. dark

References

• Whaley, Lindsay & Li, Fengxiang. (1998). The Suffix -Kan in Oroqen. Studies in Language. 22. 447-471. 10.1075/sl.22.2.06wha.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

kara ?

1. the Pali root kar

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara. First attested in 1564.

Noun

kara f

1. punishment; penalty, fine (negative result of something bad that was done) [with za (+ accusative) ‘for what’]

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish kara.

Noun

kara f

1. (obsolete) cart with two wheels and a box on top for carrying things

Declension

Descendants

• → Kashubian: kara (“wheelbarrow”)
• → Ukrainian: ґара (gara)
• → Slovincian: kara

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French carré. First attested in the middle of the 19th century.

Noun

kara f

1. (geometry, rare) quadrangle

   Synonyms: czworobok, czworokąt

Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kara

1. inflection of karo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

kara

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kary

References

Further reading

• kara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kara”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “KARA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “kara”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “kara”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kara”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 254
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “kara”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kara 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Rapa Nui

Noun

kara

1. wing

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kara (Cyrillic spelling кара)

1. third-person singular present of karati

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

Noun

kara f

1. punishment

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish kara.

Noun

kara f

1. wheelbarrow

   Synonyms: targŏcz, tragŏcz

Declension

Further reading

• kara in dykcjonorz.eu
• kara in silling.org
• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “kara/kary”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 320
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “kara”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 86
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “kara”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 301

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قره (kara), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرَه (qara), from Proto-Turkic *kara (“dark, black”). Compare Azerbaijani qara, Gagauz kara, Turkmen gara, Uzbek qora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra

Adjective

kara (intensive kapkara)

1. black, dark

   Synonym: siyah

   Antonyms: ak, beyaz

1. brunette
2. dark skinned
3. (figuratively) evil, wicked, villainous

   kara büyü ― black magic

4. (figuratively, archaic) courageous
5. (figurative) sad, woeful, dark

Declension

Descendants

• → Adyghe: къарэ (qarɛ)

Noun

kara (definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

1. black

   Synonym: siyah

   Antonym: ak

2. (figurative) slander

   Synonym: iftira

3. (archaic) north
4. (Samsun, Ordu) fault, mistake

5. (Çorum) gendarmerie
6. (Konya) key

   Synonym: anahtar

7. (Şanlıurfa) a black person

   Synonyms: zenci, arap, siyahi

Declension

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاره (kara), from Arabic قَارَّة (qārra).

Noun

kara (definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

2. land, field

   Antonym: deniz

   kara göründü! ― land ahoy!

   kara, deniz ve hava kuvvetleri ― land, sea, and air forces

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kara

1. third-person singular optative of karmak

Etymology 4

Noun

kara

1. (Artvin) Alternative form of kere

Further reading

• “kara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• “kara”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kara

1. bay, inlet

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “бухта”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Wanyi

Noun

kara

1. country
2. stone

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

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