kāra

See also: kara, Kara, karā, karą, kaŗa, kaŗā, kaɽa, kára, Kára, kārā, kära, and kåra

Latvian

Verb

kāra

3rd person singular past indicative form of kārt
3rd person plural past indicative form of kārt

Pali

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

deed
1. service
2. act of mercy
3. worship, homage
doing, manner
production, application (esp. in compounds)
(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