kāra
Latvian
Verb
kāra
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular past indicative form of kārt
- (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural past indicative form of kārt
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
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
- deed
- doing, manner
- production, application (esp. in compounds)
- (grammar) item in question
- (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