कारा

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑː.ɾɑː/, [käː.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कारा (kārā).

Noun

कारा • (kārā) f (Urdu spelling کارا)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) a prison
Declension
Declension of कारा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कारा
kārā		 काराएँ
kārāẽ
oblique कारा
kārā		 काराओं
kārāõ
vocative कारा
kārā		 काराओ
kārāo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”). Doublet of काला (kālā).

Adjective

कारा • (kārā) (Urdu spelling کارا)

  1. black
Declension
Declension of कारा (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct कारा
kārā		 कारे
kāre		 कारी
kārī		 कारी
kārī
oblique कारे
kāre		 कारे
kāre		 कारी
kārī		 कारी
kārī
vocative कारे
kāre		 कारे
kāre		 कारी
kārī		 कारी
kārī

References

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • kārā (Latin script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • কারা (Bengali script)
  • කාරා (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာရာ or ၵႃရႃ (Burmese script)
  • การา (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກາຣາ (Lao script)
  • ការា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

कारा f

  1. Devanagari script form of kārā

Declension
Declension table of "कारा" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)कारा (kārā)कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā)
Accusative (second)कारं (kāraṃ)कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā)
Instrumental (third)काराय (kārāya)काराहि (kārāhi) or काराभि (kārābhi)
Dative (fourth)काराय (kārāya)कारानं (kārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)काराय (kārāya)काराहि (kārāhi) or काराभि (kārābhi)
Genitive (sixth)काराय (kārāya)कारानं (kārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)काराय (kārāya) or कारायं (kārāyaṃ)कारासु (kārāsu)
Vocative (calling)कारे (kāre)कारायो (kārāyo) or कारा (kārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কাৰা (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
  • কারা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ကာရာ (Burmese script)
  • કારા (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂰𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕಾರಾ (Kannada script)
  • ការា (Khmer script)
  • ກາຣາ (Lao script)
  • കാരാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
  • କାରା (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • කාරා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚭𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
  • காரா (Tamil script)
  • కారా (Telugu script)
  • การา (Thai script)
  • ཀཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from the root कृ (kṛ, “to do”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

कारा • (kārā) stem, f

  1. a prison
    Synonym: कारागार (kārāgāra)
  2. binding, confinement
  3. the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound)
  4. pain, affliction
  5. a female messenger
  6. a female worker in gold
  7. a kind of bird

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of कारा (kārā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कारा
kārā		 कारे
kāre		 काराः
kārāḥ
Vocative कारे
kāre		 कारे
kāre		 काराः
kārāḥ
Accusative काराम्
kārām		 कारे
kāre		 काराः
kārāḥ
Instrumental कारया / कारा¹
kārayā / kārā¹		 काराभ्याम्
kārābhyām		 काराभिः
kārābhiḥ
Dative कारायै
kārāyai		 काराभ्याम्
kārābhyām		 काराभ्यः
kārābhyaḥ
Ablative कारायाः / कारायै²
kārāyāḥ / kārāyai²		 काराभ्याम्
kārābhyām		 काराभ्यः
kārābhyaḥ
Genitive कारायाः / कारायै²
kārāyāḥ / kārāyai²		 कारयोः
kārayoḥ		 काराणाम्
kārāṇām
Locative कारायाम्
kārāyām		 कारयोः
kārayoḥ		 कारासु
kārāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899) “कारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 275.
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