kāra

Latvian

Verb

kāra

  1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of kārt
  2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of kārt

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

Inherited from 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

Declension
Declension table of "kāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kārokārā
Accusative (second)kāraṃkāre
Instrumental (third)kārenakārehi or kārebhi
Dative (fourth)kārassa or kārāya or kāratthaṃkārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kārasmā or kāramhā or kārākārehi or kārebhi
Genitive (sixth)kārassakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kārasmiṃ or kāramhi or kārekāresu
Vocative (calling)kārakārā

Derived terms
Letters

Descendants
  • → Thai: การ (gaan)
  • → Lü: ᦂᦱᧃ (k̇aan)
  • → Lao: ການ (kān, “work”), → ການ (kān, “duty”)
  • → Lao: ການ (kān, “action”)
    • → Lao: ການ (kān, “-ing”, prefix), → ການ (kān, “things to do with ...”, prefix)
  • → Northern Thai: ᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ
  • → Khmer: ការ (kaa)
  • → Khmer: តុលាការ (tolaakaa)

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