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4-letter words (2 found)

ARAK,KARA,

3-letter words (2 found)

AKA,ARK,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AR,KA,

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kara akra kraa rkaa arka raka kaar akar kaar akar aakr aakr kraa rkaa kara akra raka arka arak raak aark aark raak arak

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Definitions and meaning of kara

kara

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

  • arak, rak'a

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]
  • Audio:
  • 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
  • Syllabification(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)
  3. core of a pirn (in a weaving shuttle)
  4. (machining) spindle
  5. core (in injection molding)
  6. spindle (of a door or window handle, etc.)
  7. pin (a piece of wood, partly inserted inside the wall, that supports the frame of a window or door)
  8. valve stem
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

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, first-person possessive karaku, second-person possessive karamu, third-person possessive karanya)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Toraja-Sa'dan [Term?]

Noun

kara (plural kara-kara, first-person possessive karaku, second-person possessive karamu, third-person possessive karanya)

  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 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

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 inan (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 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, seim, sem bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw, 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 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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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.

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

Noun

kara f

  1. punishment
  2. penalty, fine
    kara śmierci ― capital punishment/death penalty
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Karren, from Latin carrus.

Noun

kara f

  1. (archaic) a cart with two wheels and a box on top for carrying things
Declension
Descendants
  • → Ukrainian: ґара (gara)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French carré.

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

Further reading

  • kara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • 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

Rapa Nui

Noun

kara

  1. wing

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kara (Cyrillic spelling кара)

  1. third-person singular present of karati

Silesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

Noun

kara f

  1. punishment

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Karre.

Noun

kara f

  1. wheelbarrow
    Synonyms: targŏcz, tragŏcz

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English car.

Noun

kara f

  1. (Texas) car
    Synonym: auto

Further reading

  • kara in silling.org

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قره (kara), from Proto-Turkic *kara (“dark, black”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈɾɑ/

Adjective

kara

  1. black, dark
    Synonym: siyah
    Antonyms: ak, beyaz
    kara büyü ― black magic
  2. brunette
  3. dark skinned
  4. (figuratively) evil, wicked, villainous
  5. (figuratively, archaic) courageous

Declension

Descendants

  • → Adyghe: къарэ (qarɛ)

Noun

kara (definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

  1. black
    Synonym: siyah
    Antonym: ak
  3. land, field
    Antonym: deniz
    kara göründü! ― land ahoy!
    kara, deniz ve hava kuvvetleri ― land, sea, and air forces
  4. (archaic) north

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points)


See also

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]‎[2], 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)

Source: wiktionary.org