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

Suffix

kāra

  1. making, doing

Alternative forms

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

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

Derived terms

Letters

Descendants

References

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