कारा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑː.ɾɑː/, [käː.ɾäː]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit कारा (kārā).
Noun
कारा • (kārā) f (Urdu spelling کارا)
- (chiefly in compounds) a prison
Declension
Declension of कारा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | कारा kārā | काराएँ kārāẽ |
oblique | कारा kārā | काराओं kārāõ |
vocative | कारा kārā | काराओ kārāo |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”). Doublet of काला (kālā).
Adjective
कारा • (kārā) (Urdu spelling کارا)
- black
Declension
Declension of कारा (ā-stem)
masculine | feminine | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
direct | कारा kārā | कारे kāre | कारी kārī | कारी kārī |
oblique | कारे kāre | कारे kāre | कारी kārī | कारी kārī |
vocative | कारे kāre | कारे kāre | कारी kārī | कारी kārī |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कारा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- kārā (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- কারা (Bengali script)
- කාරා (Sinhalese script)
- ကာရာ or ၵႃရႃ (Burmese script)
- การา (Thai script)
- ᨠᩣᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ກາຣາ (Lao script)
- ការា (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
कारा f
- Devanagari script form of kārā
Declension
Declension table of "कारा" (feminine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | कारा (kārā) | कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā) |
Accusative (second) | कारं (kāraṃ) | कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā) |
Instrumental (third) | काराय (kārāya) | काराहि (kārāhi) or काराभि (kārābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | काराय (kārāya) | कारानं (kārānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | काराय (kārāya) | काराहि (kārāhi) or काराभि (kārābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | काराय (kārāya) | कारानं (kārānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | काराय (kārāya) or कारायं (kārāyaṃ) | कारासु (kārāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | कारे (kāre) | कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- কাৰা (Assamese script)
- কারা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- કારા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- ការា (Khmer script)
- ಕಾರಾ (Kannada script)
- ກາຣາ (Lao script)
- കാരാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ကာရာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- କାରା (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කාරා (Sinhalese script)
- కారా (Telugu script)
- การา (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Probably from the root कृ (kṛ, “to do”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑː.ɾɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.ɾɑː/
Noun
कारा • (kārā) f
- a prison
- Synonym: कारागार (kārāgāra)
- binding, confinement
- the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound)
- pain, affliction
- a female messenger
- a female worker in gold
- a kind of bird
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of कारा (kārā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कारा kārā | कारे kāre | काराः kārāḥ |
Vocative | कारे kāre | कारे kāre | काराः kārāḥ |
Accusative | काराम् kārām | कारे kāre | काराः kārāḥ |
Instrumental | कारया / कारा¹ kārayā / kārā¹ | काराभ्याम् kārābhyām | काराभिः kārābhiḥ |
Dative | कारायै kārāyai | काराभ्याम् kārābhyām | काराभ्यः kārābhyaḥ |
Ablative | कारायाः kārāyāḥ | काराभ्याम् kārābhyām | काराभ्यः kārābhyaḥ |
Genitive | कारायाः kārāyāḥ | कारयोः kārayoḥ | काराणाम् kārāṇām |
Locative | कारायाम् kārāyām | कारयोः kārayoḥ | कारासु kārāsu |
Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 275.