कार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ/, [käːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کار (kār), from Middle Persian kʾl (kār). Compare with Sanskrit कार (kāra, “tax”).

Noun

कार • (kār) m (Urdu spelling کار)

1. tax

   आबकार ― ābkār ― wine tax

   बिक्री-कार ― bikrī-kār ― sales tax

Declension

Declension of कार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कार kār	कार kār
oblique	कार kār	कारों kārõ
vocative	कार kār	कारो kāro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार (kāra), from कृ (kṛ). Alternatively also from 'Etymology 1'.

Noun

कार • (kār) m (Urdu spelling کار)

1. action, doing

   Synonym: क्रिया (kriyā)

2. work

   Synonyms: काम (kām), कर्म (karm)

3. doer

   Synonym: कर्ता (kartā)

Declension

Declension of कार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कार kār	कार kār
oblique	कार kār	कारों kārõ
vocative	कार kār	कारो kāro

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English car.

Noun

कार • (kār) f (Urdu spelling کار)

1. car

   Synonym: गाड़ी (gāṛī)

Declension

Declension of कार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कार kār	कारें kārẽ
oblique	कार kār	कारों kārõ
vocative	कार kār	कारो kāro

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from English car.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कार्

Noun

कार • (kār)

1. car

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kāra (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi 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)

Noun

कार m

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

Declension

Declension table of "कार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	कारो (kāro)	कारा (kārā)
Accusative (second)	कारं (kāraṃ)	कारे (kāre)
Instrumental (third)	कारेन (kārena)	कारेहि (kārehi) or कारेभि (kārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	कारस्स (kārassa) or काराय (kārāya) or कारत्थं (kāratthaṃ)	कारानं (kārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	कारस्मा (kārasmā) or कारम्हा (kāramhā) or कारा (kārā)	कारेहि (kārehi) or कारेभि (kārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	कारस्स (kārassa)	कारानं (kārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	कारस्मिं (kārasmiṃ) or कारम्हि (kāramhi) or कारे (kāre)	कारेसु (kāresu)
Vocative (calling)	कार (kāra)	कारा (kārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• কার (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကာရ (Burmese script)
• કાર (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ការ (Khmer script)
• ກາຣ (Lao script)
• കാര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• କାର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• கார (Tamil script)
• కార (Telugu script)
• การ (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of कर (kara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

कार • (kāra) stem, m

1. gain, prize, booty
2. contest, war
3. an act, action
4. the term used in designating a letter or sound or indeclinable word
5. effort, exertion
6. determination
7. religious austerity
8. a husband, master, lord
9. act of worship
10. song of praise
11. tax, toll, royal revenue
12. a heap of snow or a mountain covered with it
13. a song or hymn of praise
14. a battle song
15. killing, slaughter

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारः kāraḥ	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	कारान् kārān
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Adjective

कार • (kāra) stem

1. making, doing, working
2. maker, doer
3. an author

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारः kāraḥ	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	कारान् kārān
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of कारी (kārī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारी kārī	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कार्यः / कारीः¹ kāryaḥ / kārīḥ¹
Vocative	कारि kāri	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कार्यः / कारीः¹ kāryaḥ / kārīḥ¹
Accusative	कारीम् kārīm	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कारीः kārīḥ
Instrumental	कार्या kāryā	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभिः kārībhiḥ
Dative	कार्यै kāryai	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभ्यः kārībhyaḥ
Ablative	कार्याः / कार्यै² kāryāḥ / kāryai²	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभ्यः kārībhyaḥ
Genitive	कार्याः / कार्यै² kāryāḥ / kāryai²	कार्योः kāryoḥ	कारीणाम् kārīṇām
Locative	कार्याम् kāryām	कार्योः kāryoḥ	कारीषु kārīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारम् kāram	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274.