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kāra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kara"

Latvian

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Verb

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kāra

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of kārt

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit कार (kāra, “act, action”), कृ (kṛ, “to make”).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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kāra

  1. making, doing

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Balinese: ᬓᬵᬭ (kara)

Noun

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kāra

  1. song of praise

Further reading

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

Pali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कार (kāra); synchronically, as from the root of the verb karoti. The grammatical senses are likely to be borrowings of the Sanskrit cognate.

Noun

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kāra m

  1. deed
    1. service
    2. act of mercy
    3. worship, homage
  2. doing, manner
  3. production, application (esp. in compounds)
  4. (grammar) item in question
    1. letter
    2. sound
    3. word

Declension

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Declension table of "kāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kārokārā
Accusative (second)kāraṃkāre
Instrumental (third)kārenakārehi or kārebhi
Dative (fourth)kārassa or kārāya or kāratthaṃkārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kārasmā or kāramhā or kārākārehi or kārebhi
Genitive (sixth)kārassakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kārasmiṃ or kāramhi or kārekāresu
Vocative (calling)kārakārā

Derived terms

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Letters

Descendants

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References

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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