کارن

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati कारण (kāraṇa, “cause”).

Noun

کارن • (kāran) n (Standard Gujarati કારણ) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

1. reason, cause

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian.

Proper noun

کارن • (kâren)

1. a male given name, Karen, from Middle Persian

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi कारंण (kārãṇ, “cause”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɾən/

Noun

کارَن • (kāran) m (Hindi spelling कारण)

1. cause, reason

   Synonyms: سَبَب (sabab), وَجَہ (vajah)

   یِہ سَب آپ کے کارَن ہُوَا۔

   yeh sab āpke kāran huā.

   All this happened because of you.

Declension

Declension of کارن
	singular	plural
direct	کارَن (kāran)	کارَن (kāran)
oblique	کارَن (kāran)	کارَنوں (kāranõ)
vocative	کارَن (kāran)	کارَنو (kārano)

Further reading

• “کارن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کارن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 800
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کارن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 473
• “کارن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.