Kara

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

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Cara.

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A female given name.
  2. A Hindu/Indian surname​.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Papua New Guinean language which has the ISO code 'leu', formerly called Lemakot.

Etymology 3

From Korean 加耶 (伽倻). The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to Kaya,[1] but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.[2]

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Omotic language which has the ISO code 'kxh' and which is also sometimes called "Karo".

Etymology 5

From Tamil கர (kara).

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

References
  1. Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives (BRILL, 2007), page 40, n. 27
  2. Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2009: →ISBN, page 105

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra
    Homophone: kara

Proper noun

Kara f

  1. A female given name

Declension
declension of Kara
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Kara Karan Körur Körurnar
accusative Köru Köruna Körur Körurnar
dative Köru Körunni Körum Körunum
genitive Köru Körunnar Kara Karanna

Turkish

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A male given name
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