cari

See also: Cari, carí, cári, ca ri, cà ri, cârı, and çarı

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• care, cai

Etymology

From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri

Determiner

cari

1. which

Pronoun

cari

1. which, that, who

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic جَارِي (jārī).

Adjective

cari

1. current (existing or occurring at the moment)

   Synonyms: hal-hazırkı, indiki

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “cari”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

French

Alternative forms

• carry, kari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁi/

Noun

cari m (plural caris)

1. curry (spice blend and dish)

   Synonym: curry

Further reading

• “cari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• cira, cria

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• cahari (archaic)

Etymology

From Malay cari, from Sanskrit चारिन् (cārin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃari/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ri]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ca‧ri

Verb

cari (active mencari, passive dicari)

1. (transitive) to find; to search; to seek (to try to find something whose whereabouts are unknown)

   Synonym: telusuri

Derived terms

• bercari
• bercari-cari
• bercari-carian
• cari-cari
• cari-carian
• carian
• carikan
• pencari
• pencarian
• tercari

Further reading

• “cari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: cà‧ri

Etymology 1

Noun

cari m pl (plural only)

1. (people) Carians (ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cari m pl

1. masculine plural of caro

Noun

cari m pl

1. plural of caro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cari

1. inflection of cariare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Acri, acri, arci-, crai

Latin

Adjective

cārī

1. inflection of cārus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Noun

cari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of cars

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Baku, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃari/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ri]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃarik/ [ˈt͡ʃa.riʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ariʔ, -riʔ, -iʔ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri

Verb

cari (Jawi spelling چاري, active mencari, third-person passive dicari)

1. to search, to look for, to seek

   Synonym: telusuri (Indonesia)

Derived terms

Affixations

• carian (“search”)
• pencarian (“act of seaching, looking or finding”)
• tercari

Compounds

• cari pasal (“asking for trouble;playing with fire”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: cari (inherited)

Further reading

• "cari" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾi/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ri

Noun

cari m (plural caris)

1. alternative form of acari

Further reading

• “cari”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cari”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [karʲ]

Etymology 1

Verb

cari

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra

Etymology 2

Noun

cari m

1. plural of car

Etymology 3

Pronoun

cari

1. nonstandard form of care

Spanish

Etymology

Short for cariño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾi/ [ˈka.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: ca‧ri

Noun

cari m or f by sense (plural caris)

1. darling, dear, lover

Further reading

• “cari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Turkish

Alternative forms

• carî

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جاری (cari), from Arabic جَارِي (jārī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːˈɾiː/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri

Adjective

cari

1. current, prevailing, in effect

   Synonyms: yürürlükteki, geçerli

   Fransa’da liberal sistem caridir, diğer yerlerde otorite sistemi caridir.

   In France the liberal system is current, elsewhere the authoritarian system is current.

2. usual, customary

Declension

Predicative forms of cari

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	cariyim	cari miyim?
sen (you are)	carisin	cari misin?
o (he/she/it is)	cari / caridir	cari mi?
biz (we are)	cariyiz	cari miyiz?
siz (you are)	carisiniz	cari misiniz?
onlar (they are)	cari(ler)	cari(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	cariydim	cari miydim?
sen (you were)	cariydin	cari miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	cariydi	cari miydi?
biz (we were)	cariydik	cari miydik?
siz (you were)	cariydiniz	cari miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	cariydiler	cari miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	cariymişim	cari miymişim?
sen (you were)	cariymişsin	cari miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	cariymiş	cari miymiş?
biz (we were)	cariymişiz	cari miymişiz?
siz (you were)	cariymişsiniz	cari miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	cariymişler	cari miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	cariysem	cari miysem?
sen (if you)	cariysen	cari miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	cariyse	cari miyse?
biz (if we)	cariysek	cari miysek?
siz (if you)	cariyseniz	cari miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	cariyseler	cari miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• cari açık
• cari gider
• cari hesap
• cari kur
• cari masraf
• cari para
• cari ücret

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 635
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Further reading

• “cari”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Venetan

Noun

cari m pl

1. plural of caro

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ceri (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːri/, /ˈkari/

Verb

cari

1. second-person singular future colloquial of caru

Mutation

Mutated forms of cari

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cari	gari	nghari	chari

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.