कार

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ/, [käːɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian کار (kâr), from Middle Persian kʾl (kār). Compare with Sanskrit कार (kāra, “action, effort”).

Noun

कार • (kār) m (Urdu spelling کار)

1. tax

   (deprecated template usage) आबकार ― ābkār ― wine-tax

   (deprecated template usage) बिक्री-कार ― bikrī-kār ― sales tax

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कार (kāra), from कृ (kṛ).

Noun

कार • (kār) m

1. action, doing

   Synonym: क्रिया (kriyā)

2. work

   Synonyms: काम (kām), कर्म (karm)

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Nepali

Noun

कार • (kār)

1. car

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From the root कृ (kṛ, “to make”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कार • (kāra) stem, m

1. act, action
2. Used to designate a letter, a sound or an indeclinable word.

   अकार ― Akāra ― The a sound (or letter).

3. effort, exertion
4. determination
5. religious austerity
6. husband, master, lord

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• कारकर (kārakara, “working”, adjective)

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬓᬵᬭ (kara)
• Hindi: कार (kār)
• Nepali: गर (gar)
• Pali: kāra
  • Thai: การ (gaan)

Noun

कार • (kāra) stem, f

1. act of worship, song of praise

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem declension of कार
Nom. sg.	कारा (kārā)
Gen. sg.	कारायाः (kārāyāḥ)
	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 (kārayā)	काराभ्याम् (kārābhyām)	काराभिः (kārābhiḥ)
Dative	कारायै (kārāyai)	काराभ्याम् (kārābhyām)	काराभ्यः (kārābhyaḥ)
Ablative	कारायाः (kārāyāḥ)	काराभ्याम् (kārābhyām)	काराभ्यः (kārābhyaḥ)
Genitive	कारायाः (kārāyāḥ)	कारयोः (kārayoḥ)	कारानाम् (kārānām)
Locative	कारायाम् (kārāyām)	कारयोः (kārayoḥ)	कारासु (kārāsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0274.