kāra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kara"

Latvian

Verb

kāra

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

kāra

1. making, doing

Alternative forms

• kara

Derived terms

• akāra
• citrakāra
• duṣkṛtakāra
• hrīhkāra
• sukhakāra

 

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬓᬵᬭ (kara)

Noun

kāra

1. song of praise

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• कार (Devanagari script)
• কার (Bengali script)
• කාර (Sinhalese script)
• ကာရ or ၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• การ or การะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາຣ or ກາຣະ (Lao script)
• ការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

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

Declension table of "kāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kāro	kārā
Accusative (second)	kāraṃ	kāre
Instrumental (third)	kārena	kārehi or kārebhi
Dative (fourth)	kārassa or kārāya or kāratthaṃ	kārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kārasmā or kāramhā or kārā	kārehi or kārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kārassa	kārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kārasmiṃ or kāramhi or kāre	kāresu
Vocative (calling)	kāra	kārā

Derived terms

• kāranta (“final sound of word”)

Letters

• akāra
• ākāra
• bakāra
• bhakāra
• cakāra
• chakāra
• dakāra
• dhakāra
• ḍakāra
• ḍhakāra
• ekāra
• gakāra
• ghakāra
• hakāra
• ikāra
• īkāra
• jakāra
• jhakāra
• kakāra
• khakāra
• lakāra
• ḷakāra
• makāra
• nakāra
• ṅakāra
• ñakāra
• ṇakāra
• okāra
• pakāra
• phakāra
• rakāra
• sakāra
• takāra
• thakāra
• ṭakāra
• ṭhakāra
• ukāra
• ūkāra
• vakāra
• yakāra

 

Descendants

• → Thai: การ (gaan)
• → Lü: ᦂᦱᧃ (k̇aan)
• → Lao: ການ (kān, “work”), → ການ (kān, “duty”)
• → Lao: ການ (kān, “action”)
  • → Lao: ການ (kān, “-ing”, prefix), → ການ (kān, “things to do with ...”, prefix)
• → Northern Thai: ᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ
• → Khmer: ការ (kaa)
• → Khmer: តុលាការ (tolaakaa)

References

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