kar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kar"

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Translingual

Symbol

kar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Karenic languages.

English

Noun

kar (plural kars)

1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
   • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:

     In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

See also

• kar seva

Anagrams

• RAK, Ark, Ark., KRA, Kra, kra, RKA, ark, AKR

Achi

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kar. Compare with other Mayan – Quichean–Mamean K'iche' kar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar

1. fish (plural) karaiib'

References

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Achi - castellano (2000)
• livingdictionaries fish (kar) wav recording 2022

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

• Audio:

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Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

Synonyms

• wa

Derived terms

• polisiekar

Albanian

Etymology

From Romani kar, from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [kaɹ] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (plural kare, definite kari, definite plural karet)

1. (anatomy) penis
2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

Declension of kar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	kari	kare	karet
accusative		karin
dative	kari	karit	kareve	kareve
ablative			karesh

Synonyms

• penis m (chiefly formal)
• bile m
• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

Derived terms

• karuc m (diminutive)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کر (kar).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

1. deaf
2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

   kar samitlər ― voiceless consonants

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “of a consonant”): cingiltili

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

Mutation

Mutation of kar

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kar	gar	c'har	unchanged
plural	kerent	gerent	c'herent	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kar

1. hard mutation of gar

Mutation

Mutation of kar

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	gar	c'har	unchanged	kar
plural	garoù	c'haroù	unchanged	karoù

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

Chuukese

Adjective

kar

1. hot

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish car, from Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants. Related to kara (“to love”). Cognate with Breton kar, Irish cara, Manx carrey, Scottish Gaelic caraid, and Welsh câr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːr/

Noun

kar m (plural kerens)

1. parent
2. relative, relation

Coordinate terms

• kares f

Derived terms

• neskar (“kin”)

Verb

kar

1. inflection of kara:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutation of kar

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kar	gar	har	unchanged	unchanged

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkar]

Noun

kar m inan

1. cirque

Declension

Declension of kar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kar	kary
genitive	karu	karů
dative	karu	karům
accusative	kar	kary
vocative	kare	kary
locative	karu	karech
instrumental	karem	kary

Further reading

• “kar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [kʰɑ]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough
3. tub

Inflection

Declension of kar

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karret	kar	karrene
genitive	kars	karrets	kars	karrenes

Derived terms

• badekar

Further reading

• “kar” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

1. a cart, vehicle on wheels without motor
2. any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck

Synonyms

• wagen

Derived terms

• beerkar
• golfkar
• handkar
• hondenkar
• huifkar
• karren (verb)
• karrenvracht
• mestkar
• ossenkar
• racekar
• sleepkar
• steekkar
• stootkar
• strijdkar
• vuilkar
• vuilniskar
• winkelkar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kar
• → Caribbean Hindustani: gári
• → Javanese: ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar)
  • → Indonesian: kahar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kar

1. verb form of karren

Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒr]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒr

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *karï (“forearm”) via Bulgar, compare Chuvash хур (hur, “span”).

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kar	karok
accusative	kart	karokat
dative	karnak	karoknak
instrumental	karral	karokkal
causal-final	karért	karokért
translative	karrá	karokká
terminative	karig	karokig
essive-formal	karként	karokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karban	karokban
superessive	karon	karokon
adessive	karnál	karoknál
illative	karba	karokba
sublative	karra	karokra
allative	karhoz	karokhoz
elative	karból	karokból
delative	karról	karokról
ablative	kartól	karoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	karé	karoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	karéi	karokéi

Possessive forms of kar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karom	karjaim
2nd person sing.	karod	karjaid
3rd person sing.	karja	karjai
1st person plural	karunk	karjaink
2nd person plural	karotok	karjaitok
3rd person plural	karjuk	karjaik

Derived terms

• kari
• karol
• karos
• karú

Compound words

• alkar
• erőkar
• felkar
• karbantart → karbantartás,  karbantartó
• karfa
• karing
• karizom
• karkötő
• karlyuk
• karszalag

Expressions

• tárt karokkal

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)

   Meronym: tanszék

4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kar	karok
accusative	kart	karokat
dative	karnak	karoknak
instrumental	karral	karokkal
causal-final	karért	karokért
translative	karrá	karokká
terminative	karig	karokig
essive-formal	karként	karokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karban	karokban
superessive	karon	karokon
adessive	karnál	karoknál
illative	karba	karokba
sublative	karra	karokra
allative	karhoz	karokhoz
elative	karból	karokból
delative	karról	karokról
ablative	kartól	karoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	karé	karoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	karéi	karokéi

Possessive forms of kar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karom	karaim
2nd person sing.	karod	karaid
3rd person sing.	kara	karai
1st person plural	karunk	karaink
2nd person plural	karotok	karaitok
3rd person plural	karuk	karaik

Derived terms

• kari

Compound words

• énekkar
• kardal
• karmester
• karnagy
• karzat
• tánckar
• zenekar

Further reading

• (arm, lever): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (faculty; ensemble): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Anagrams

• rak

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kar]

Noun

kar

1. map

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

Declension

Declension of kar (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karið	kör	körin
accusative	kar	karið	kör	körin
dative	kari	karinu	körum	körunum
genitive	kars	karsins	kara	karanna

Derived terms

• baðkar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

   Synonym: bíll (standard)

Declension

Declension of kar (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kar	karið	kör	körin
accusative	kar	karið	kör	körin
dative	kari	karinu	körum	körunum
genitive	kars	karsins	kara	karanna

Related terms

• (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

Kaingang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ/, [ˈkaɾɐ]

Adjective

kar

1. every; all

K'iche'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kar.

Noun

kar

1. fish

Latvian

Verb

kar

1. inflection of kārt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kārt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kārt

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

1. they

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

1. work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

Usage notes

• Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

Derived terms

• ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
3. a pier (for a bridge)
4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

References

• “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

   Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

   • 1647, “Heel j moht kär syskon baan”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 49:

     Frackare kar är æcki tæll uthi hela slire giæll

     There’s no greater guy in the whole Slidre parish

   • 16xx, David Klim, Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget, published in Ældre norske Sprogminder, published 1911, page 29:

     Karr. Een Karll.

     Karr. A guy.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar

References

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kar” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams

• ark, kra, rak

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: kar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kar, from Middle High German kar, from Old High German char, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

kar m inan

1. cirque, combe, corrie, cwm

   Synonyms: cyrk lodowcowy, kocioł

Declension

Declension of kar

	singular	plural
nominative	kar	kary
genitive	karu	karów
dative	karowi	karom
accusative	kar	kary
instrumental	karem	karami
locative	karze	karach
vocative	karze	kary

Derived terms

adjective

• karowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

Further reading

• kar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa). Cognate with Gujarati કાડ (kāḍ), Hindustani کاڑْھ / काढ़ (kāṛh), Marathi काड (kāḍ, “straw”), Sindhi کاڙُ (kāṛu).

Noun

kar m

1. penis

Descendants

• Angloromani: kor, kori, korri, kuri
  • → English: corey, cory
• → Albanian: kar

Sumerian

Romanization

kar

1. romanization of 𒋼𒀀 (kar)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/
• Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

   Synonym: badkar

Declension

Declension of kar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kar	kars
	definite	karet	karets
plural	indefinite	kar	kars
	definite	karen	karens

Derived terms

• badkar
• brunnskar
• bykkar
• garvkar
• karbad
• laxkar
• mjödkar
• mäskkar
• plåtkar
• rökelsekar
• saltkar
• sköljkar
• smörjelsekar
• träkar
• öskar

References

• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ark, rak

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Celtic *karros

Gaulish *karrosbor.

Latin carrus

Anglo-Norman carrebor.

Middle English carre

English carbor.

Tagalog kar

Borrowed from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French, from Latin carrus. Doublet of karo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/ [ˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: kar

Noun

kar (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔)

1. car

   Synonyms: kotse, awto, awtomobil

Related terms

• karera
• karir

Further reading

• “kar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian کار (kâr).

Noun

kar

1. work

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

1. car

Synonyms

• ka

Turkish

kar altında kalmış yol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/, [ˈkʰɑɾ̞̊]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قار (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

1. snow

Declension

Declension of kar

singular plural nominative kar karlar definite accusative karı karları dative kara karlara locative karda karlarda ablative kardan karlardan genitive karın karların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular karım karlarım 2nd singular karın karların 3rd singular karı karları 1st plural karımız karlarımız 2nd plural karınız karlarınız 3rd plural karları karları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular karımı karlarımı 2nd singular karını karlarını 3rd singular karını karlarını 1st plural karımızı karlarımızı 2nd plural karınızı karlarınızı 3rd plural karlarını karlarını dative singular plural 1st singular karıma karlarıma 2nd singular karına karlarına 3rd singular karına karlarına 1st plural karımıza karlarımıza 2nd plural karınıza karlarınıza 3rd plural karlarına karlarına locative singular plural 1st singular karımda karlarımda 2nd singular karında karlarında 3rd singular karında karlarında 1st plural karımızda karlarımızda 2nd plural karınızda karlarınızda 3rd plural karlarında karlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular karımdan karlarımdan 2nd singular karından karlarından 3rd singular karından karlarından 1st plural karımızdan karlarımızdan 2nd plural karınızdan karlarınızdan 3rd plural karlarından karlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular karımın karlarımın 2nd singular karının karlarının 3rd singular karının karlarının 1st plural karımızın karlarımızın 2nd plural karınızın karlarınızın 3rd plural karlarının karlarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular karım karlarım 2nd singular karsın karlarsın 3rd singular kar kardır karlar karlardır 1st plural karız karlarız 2nd plural karsınız karlarsınız 3rd plural karlar karlardır

Derived terms

• kar ayakkabısı
• kar çiçeği
• kar kuşu
• kar tanesi
• karcı
• kardan adam
• karlı
• karlık
• karlılık
• karsız
• karsızlık
• kartopu

Further reading

• “kar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kar”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کر (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

Derived terms

• karlik

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kere, from Proto-Germanic *kuziz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”).

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

Derived terms

• foarkar

Further reading

• “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yurok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɹ/

Noun

kar

1. key

Zazaki

Noun

kar

1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

• fiil