kara

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

kara (plural karas)

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

• arak, rak'a

kara

1. Romanization of ᬓᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬓᬵᬭ

kara

1. allative singular of ka

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

kara (irregular)

1. to love

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

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

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

1. dear

   Mi amegas vin, mia kara.

   I love you so much, my dear.

   Kara S-ro Garcio, mi estas skribanta al vi ĉi tiun leteron, ĉar…

   Dear Mr. Garcia, I am writing you this letter because…

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

From Proto-Finnic *kara.

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

• “kara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Onomatopoeic.

kara

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

Clipping of karamboli.

kara

1. carom billiards, carambole

• arka

kara

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰

From kar +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

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

kara

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

kara

1. dear

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

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

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.

Borrowed from Toraja-Sa'dan [Term?]

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

• “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.

kara

1. Rōmaji transcription of から

kara

1. Romanization of ꦏꦫ

kara

1. hair

kara

1. black

• dnathan.com

kara

1. purpose; motive; intention

• kərə

Borrowed from Persian کره (kare).

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [kaɾa]

kara (definite accusative karañ, plural karalar)

1. butter

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

kara m

1. genitive singular of karš

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkara/

kara f inan (diminutive karka)

1. cart, wagon

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

kara (Raguileo spelling)

1. town, city

   Synonym: waria

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

kara (mutated form gara)

1. stone

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːrɑ/

kara n

1. definite plural of kar

• IPA^(key): /²kɑ(ː)rɑ/

kara m

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

kara n

1. definite plural of kar

Kàrà

From Yoruba àkàrà.

• IPA^(key): /kà.ɾà/

kàrà

1. akara

• IPA^(key): /kā.ɾā/

kara (plural karazhì)

1. crab

• IPA^(key): /kà.ɾà/

kàrà

1. load; luggage; cargo
2. burden

• IPA^(key): /ká.ɾà/

kárà (plural káràzhì)

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

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

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

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

kara

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

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

kara

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

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.)

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.

• > Javanese: ꦏꦫ (kara) (inherited)

kara

1. Alternative spelling of khara

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

kara

1. animals that may not be eaten
2. crow

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

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

kara f

1. grief, sorrow
2. anxiety

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

kara

1. dark

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ka‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

kara f

1. punishment
2. penalty, fine

   kara śmierci ― capital punishment/death penalty

Borrowed from German Karren, from Latin carrus.

kara f

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

• → Ukrainian: ґара (gara)

Borrowed from French carré.

kara f

1. (geometry, rare) quadrangle

   Synonyms: czworobok, czworokąt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kara

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kara

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of kary

• 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

kara

1. wing

kara (Cyrillic spelling кара)

1. third-person singular present of karati

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kara.

kara f

1. punishment

Borrowed from German Karre.

kara f

1. wheelbarrow

   Synonyms: targŏcz, tragŏcz

Borrowed from English car.

kara f

1. (Texas) car

   Synonym: auto

• kara in silling.org

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈɾɑ/

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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

• → Adyghe: къарэ (qarɛ)

kara (definite accusative karayı, plural karalar)

1. black

   Synonym: siyah

   Antonym: ak

2. land, field

   Antonym: deniz

   kara göründü! ― land ahoy!

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

3. (archaic) north

• (compass points)

kuzeybatı	kuzey şimal kara	kuzeydoğu
batı garp		doğu şark
güneybatı	güney cenup ak	güneydoğu

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

kara

1. bay, inlet

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

kara

1. country
2. stone

• 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)