kar

kar

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

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.

• AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare with other Mayan – Quichean–Mamean K'iche' kar

• IPA^(key): /kar/

1. fish (plural) karaiib'

kar

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kar/

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kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

• wa

From Romani kar.[1]

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

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

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

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

• karuc m (diminutive)

From Persian کر‎ (kar).

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kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

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

   kar samitlər ― voiceless consonants

• (of a consonant): cingiltili

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːr/

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

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar

1. Hard mutation of gar.

kar

1. hot

• IPA^(key): [ˈkar]

kar m

1. cirque

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• kar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Norse ker.

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

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough
3. tub

• badekar

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑr/

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• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

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

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.

• wagen

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar

1. verb form of karren

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒr]

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• Rhymes: -ɒr

From a Turkic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

kar (plural karok)

1. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
2. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
3. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
4. (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)

From Latin chorus.

kar (plural karok)

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

   Meronym: tanszék

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

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

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.

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

• rak

• IPA^(key): [kar]

kar

1. map

• IPA^(key): /kʰaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

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

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

• baðkar

From English car.

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

• bíll

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

kar

1. fish

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ/, [ˈkaɾɐ]

kar

1. every; all

kar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of kārt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of kārt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of kārt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of kārt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of kārt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of kārt

kar

1. they

kar m

1. work, labor

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

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

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

• 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.

• ågerkar

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

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

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/

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

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

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

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

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

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

• badekar
• blodkar

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ark, kra, rak

• IPA^(key): /kar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: kar

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

kar m inan

1. cirque, combe, corrie, cwm

   Synonyms: cyrk lodowcowy, kocioł

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

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

Inherited from Sanskrit *काट (kāṭa).[1] Cognate with Pali kāṭa-kōṭacikā.[1][2]

kar m

1. penis[1][2][3]

• → Albanian: kar

kar

1. Romanization of 𒋼𒀀 (kar)

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/
• Homophone: karl

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

   Synonym: badkar

• 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)

• ark, rak

From English car.

kar

1. car

• ka

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/

From Ottoman Turkish قار‎ (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār, *Kiār (“snow”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺‎ (kar, “snow”), Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

1. snow

• kâr
• yağmur

• kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

From Persian کر‎ (kar).

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

• karlik

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

• foarkar

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

kar

1. (grammar) verb

• fiil