gara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gara"

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Albanian • Basque • Cebuano • French • Garo • Indonesian • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Latin • Latvian • Ledo Kaili • North Moluccan Malay • Old English • Polish • Romanian • Shona • Tagalog • Turkmen • Welsh

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Albanian

Noun

gara

1. inflection of garë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾa/ [ɡa.ɾa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Etymology 1

Verb

gara (masculine allocutive gaituk, feminine allocutive gaitun)

1. first-person plural, present indicative of izan (“to be”, intransitive auxiliary)

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps perhaps from an hypothetical Proto-Basque *gala..

Could also come from the verb garatu (“to sprout, to develop”)

Adjective

gara (comparative garago, superlative garen, excessive garegi)

1. top, high

   Synonyms: goi, gain, garai

Declension

Declension of gara (adjective a-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		gara	gara	garak	garok
ergative		garak	garak	garek	garok
dative		garari	garari	garei	garoi
genitive		gararen	gararen	garen	garon
comitative		gararekin	gararekin	garekin	garokin
causative		gararengatik	gararengatik	garengatik	garongatik
benefactive		gararentzat	gararentzat	garentzat	garontzat
instrumental		garaz	garaz	garez	garotaz
inessive	anim.	gararengan	gararengan	garengan	garongan
	inan.	garatan	garan	garetan	garotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	garatako	garako	garetako	garotako
allative	anim.	gararengana	gararengana	garengana	garongana
	inan.	garatara	garara	garetara	garotara
terminative	anim.	gararenganaino	gararenganaino	garenganaino	garonganaino
	inan.	garataraino	gararaino	garetaraino	garotaraino
directive	anim.	gararenganantz	gararenganantz	garenganantz	garonganantz
	inan.	garatarantz	gararantz	garetarantz	garotarantz
destinative	anim.	gararenganako	gararenganako	garenganako	garonganako
	inan.	garatarako	gararako	garetarako	garotarako
ablative	anim.	gararengandik	gararengandik	garengandik	garongandik
	inan.	garatatik	garatik	garetatik	garotatik
partitive		gararik	—	—	—
prolative		garatzat	—	—	—

Noun

gara inan

1. scape
2. age, growth

   Synonym: adin

Declension

Declension of gara (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gara	gara	garak	garok
ergative	garak	garak	garek	garok
dative	garari	garari	garei	garoi
genitive	gararen	gararen	garen	garon
comitative	gararekin	gararekin	garekin	garokin
causative	gararengatik	gararengatik	garengatik	garongatik
benefactive	gararentzat	gararentzat	garentzat	garontzat
instrumental	garaz	garaz	garez	garotaz
inessive	garatan	garan	garetan	garotan
locative	garatako	garako	garetako	garotako
allative	garatara	garara	garetara	garotara
terminative	garataraino	gararaino	garetaraino	garotaraino
directive	garatarantz	gararantz	garetarantz	garotarantz
destinative	garatarako	gararako	garetarako	garotarako
ablative	garatatik	garatik	garetatik	garotatik
partitive	gararik	—	—	—
prolative	garatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• garai
• garate
• gargaite
• garkola
• garkotze
• garun

References

R. L. Trask (2008), “gara”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 198

Etymology 3

Verb

gara

1. short form of garatu (“to develop”)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾa/ [ˈɡa.ɾ̪ɐ]

• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

gara

1. to misbehave; to act up

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

gara

1. third-person singular past historic of garer

Garo

Noun

gara

1. chameleon

Synonyms

• ganjappa

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/ [ˈɡa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧ra

Etymology 1

Noun

gara (plural gara-gara)

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of gahara

Etymology 2

Root

gara

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Derived terms

• gara-gara

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kulisusu [Term?].

Noun

gara (plural gara-gara)

1. (dialect) owl

   Synonyms: burung hantu, celepuk, pungguk, suanggi

Further reading

• “gara”, 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

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑɾˠə]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾˠə]

Adjective

gara pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of gar

Mutation

Mutated forms of gara

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gara	ghara	ngara

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

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Arabic غارة (ḡāra), whence also Spanish algara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: gà‧ra

Noun

gara f (plural gare)

1. competition (the act of competing)

   Synonyms: competizione, scontro

   La gara commerciale tra UE e Stati Uniti

   The trade competition between the EU and the US

2. (sports) competition; contest; event; race

   Synonyms: competizione, scontro, corsa, incontro

Related terms

• gara d'appalto
• gareggiare

Anagrams

• Agar, agra, raga

Japanese

Romanization

gara

1. Rōmaji transcription of がら

Latin

Noun

gara

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of garum

References

• "gara", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Noun

gara m

1. genitive singular of gars

Adjective

gara

1. inflection of garš:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Ledo Kaili

Noun

gara

1. salt

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

Directly from Malay garah or back-formation from bagara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

gara

1. (transitive) to make fun of, to ridicule, to tease

   Synonym: terek

   Nga gara pa dia la nga dapa bage.

   You make fun of him and you will be beaten up.

Derived terms

• bakugara
• pambagara

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː.rɑ

Noun

gāra

1. genitive plural of gār

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧ra
• Homophone: Gara

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

German gärenbor.

Polish gara

Borrowed from German gären.

Noun

gara f

1. proofing (raising of yeast dough for a final time before baking)
2. proofing cabinet (room in a bakery where bread was left to leaven)

   Synonym: garownia

Declension

Declension of gara

	singular	plural
nominative	gara	gary
genitive	gary	gar
dative	garze	garom
accusative	garę	gary
instrumental	garą	garami
locative	garze	garach
vocative	garo	gary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gara m

1. genitive singular of gar

Further reading

• “gara”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French garer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

a gara (third-person singular present garează, past participle garat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive, technical) to garage

Conjugation

    conjugation of gara (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a gara
gerund			garând
past participle			garat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	garez	garezi	garează	garăm	garați	garează
	imperfect	garam	garai	gara	garam	garați	garau
	simple perfect	garai	garași	gară	gararăm	gararăți	garară
	pluperfect	garasem	garaseși	garase	garaserăm	garaserăți	garaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să garez	să garezi	să gareze	să garăm	să garați	să gareze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		garează			garați
	negative		nu gara			nu garați

Derived terms

• garare

See also

• parca

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Noun

gara

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gară (“train station”)

Further reading

• “gara”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Shona

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

Verb

-gara (infinitive kugara)

1. sit, be seated
2. stay, live (somewhere)
3. stay away from

Derived terms

• chigaro (“seat”)
• garo (“buttock”)
• rugare (“peace”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Noun

gara class 5 (plural makara class 6)

1. (Manyika) ember

   Synonym: (Standard Shona) vhunze

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gahara (“of royal-birth”). Compare Hindi घराना (gharānā, “family; household; lineage”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾaʔ/ [ˈɡaː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾaʔ
• Syllabification: ga‧ra

Noun

garà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ)

1. dressiness; elegance in attire

   Synonyms: kisig, kakisigan, kapusturahan, pagkapustura

2. splendor; stateliness; pomposity

   Synonyms: dingal, karingalan, rangya, karangyaan

Derived terms

• garaan
• kagaraan
• magara
• magmagara
• pagpagaraan

Further reading

• “gara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	gara‍
Cyrillic	гара‍
Arabic	قره

Alternative forms

قره, قارا, غارا

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑˈɾɑ/, [ɢɑˈɾɑ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Adjective

gara (comparative gararak, superlative iň gara, intensive gap-gara)

1. black

Derived terms

• garabaş

Further reading

• “gara” in Enedilim.com
• “gara” in Webonary.org

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːra/, /ˈɡara/

Verb

gara

1. soft mutation of cara

Mutation

Mutated forms of cara

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cara	gara	nghara	chara

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