kāra

See also: kara, Kara, kára, Kára, kära, karā, kaŗa, and kaŗā

Latvian

Verb

kāra

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular past indicative form of kārt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural past indicative form of kārt

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• कार (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

From pre-Sanskrit कार (kāra); synchronically, as from the root of the verb karoti. The grammatical senses are likely to be borrowings of the Sanskrit cognate.

Noun

kāra m

1. deed
   1. service
   2. act of mercy
   3. worship, homage
2. doing, manner
3. production, application (esp. in compounds)
4. (grammar) item in question
   1. letter
   2. sound
   3. word
5. (in compounds) one who works with something

Declension

Declension table of "kāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kāro	kārā
Accusative (second)	kāraṃ	kāre
Instrumental (third)	kārena	kārehi or kārebhi
Dative (fourth)	kārassa or kārāya or kāratthaṃ	kārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kārasmā or kāramhā or kārā	kārehi or kārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kārassa	kārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kārasmiṃ or kāramhi or kāre	kāresu
Vocative (calling)	kāra	kārā

Derived terms

• andhakāra (“darkness”)
• kāranta (“final sound of word”)
• kumbhakāra (“potter”)
• suvaṇṇakāra (“goldsmith”)

Descendants

• → Thai: การ (gaan)
• → Lü: ᦂᦱᧃ (k̇aan)
• → Lao: ການ (kān)
• → Northern Thai: ᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ
• → Khmer: ការ (kaa)
• → Khmer: តុលាការ (tolaakaa)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead