ការ

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ការ
kār
WT romanisation kaa
(standard) IPA(key) /kaː/

Etymology 1

From Pali kāra (“doing”) or Sanskrit कार (kāra).

Particle

ការ • (kaa)

  1. nominalizer creating abstract nouns from verbs, also sometimes from adjectives:
    ការកំណត់  ―  kaa kɑmnɑt  ―  registration
    ការក្រ  ―  kaa krɑɑ  ―  poverty
See also

Noun

ការ • (kaa)

  1. work, occupation, business, affair, matter
  2. marriage, wedding
  3. interest on a loan, profit, usury

Verb

ការ • (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to wind (onto a bobbin or reel), to spin (silk)
  2. to marry

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to កា (kaa, “to protect”) (cited in Guesdon 1930, Jenner 2009) and កាល់ (kal) of similar meaning.

Verb

ការ • (kaa) (abstract noun ការការ)

  1. to protect, defend, prevent
Derived terms

Affixed forms

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • kāra (Latin script)
  • 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)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

ការ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāra (“doing”)

Declension
Declension table of "ការ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ការោ (kāro)ការា (kārā)
Accusative (second)ការំ (kāraṃ)ការេ (kāre)
Instrumental (third)ការេន (kārena)ការេហិ (kārehi) or ការេភិ (kārebhi)
Dative (fourth)ការស្ស (kārassa) or ការាយ (kārāya) or ការត្ថំ (kāratthaṃ)ការានំ (kārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ការស្មា (kārasmā) or ការម្ហា (kāramhā) or ការា (kārā)ការេហិ (kārehi) or ការេភិ (kārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)ការស្ស (kārassa)ការានំ (kārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ការស្មិំ (kārasmiṃ) or ការម្ហិ (kāramhi) or ការេ (kāre)ការេសុ (kāresu)
Vocative (calling)ការ (kāra)ការា (kārā)
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