-कर

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See also: कर, कुरु, and कूर

Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Hindi -करि (-kari), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀺𑀬 (kariya), from Sanskrit *कर्य (karya), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəɾ/, [kɐɾ]

Suffix

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-कर (-kar)

  1. conjunctive suffix for verbs
    बोल (bol, root form of to speak) + ‎-कर (-kar) → ‎बोलकर (bolkar, having spoken)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 44
  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 433

Pali

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Suffix

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-कर (-kara)

  1. Devanagari script form of -kara

Declension

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