كار

See also: کار, گاز, and گار

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian کار (kâr).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /kɑːr/

Noun

كار • (kār) m (Kuwait)

  1. busy person
    ما كاري
    mā kāri
    I'm not busy

Derived terms

References
  • الرشيد, خالد عبد القادر عبد العزيز (2012) “كار”, in موسوعة اللهجة الكويتية (in Arabic), page 531

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From French gare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaːr/

Noun

كار • (gār) f (plural كارات (gārāt))

  1. train station
    Synonym: (commoner) محطة (maḥaṭṭa, mḥaṭṭa)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From French car.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːr/

Noun

كار • (kār) m (plural كيران (kīrān))

  1. interurban bus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian کار (kâr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /caɾ/

Noun

كار • (kâr)

  1. (poetic, rare) business, negotium, work, affair, scheme
    Synonym: ایش (iş)
  2. profit, gain, earnings
    Synonym: قازانچ (kazanç)
  3. (trailing part in compounds) doer, maker, somebody having the job of
    Synonym: ـچی (-çi)
    خدمت كار
    hidmet-kâr, hizmet-kâr
    domestic, do-all

Descendants
  • Turkish: kâr
  • → Armenian: քյար (kʻyar)
  • → Bulgarian: кяр (kjar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ćȃr/ћа̑р
  • → Crimean Tatar: kâr
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