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
Alternative forms
  • 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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kārokārā
Accusative (second)kāraṃkāre
Instrumental (third)kārenakārehi or kārebhi
Dative (fourth)kārassa or kārāya or kāratthaṃkārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kārasmā or kāramhā or kārākārehi or kārebhi
Genitive (sixth)kārassakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kārasmiṃ or kāramhi or kārekāresu
Vocative (calling)kārakārā

Derived terms
Letters

Descendants

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