कर

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See also: कुरु, कूर, and -कर

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर (kara).

Noun

कर • (kar) m (Urdu spelling کر)

  1. hand, arm
    Synonyms: हस्त (hast), हाथ (hāth)
  2. tax
    वस्तु और सेवा कर ― vastu aur sevā kar ― Goods and services tax
Declension
Declension of कर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कर
kar 		कर
kar
oblique कर
kar 		करों
karõ
vocative कर
kar 		करो
karo

Etymology 2

Inflection of करना (karnā, “to do”).

Verb

कर • (kar) (Urdu spelling کر)

  1. inflection of करना (karnā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Kashmiri

Adverb

कर • (kar)

  1. when
    सु कर यियि?
    su kar yiyi?
    When will he come?

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Noun

कर ?

  1. Devanagari script form of kara (“the Pali root kar”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 288; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      करस्स सप्पच्चयस्स काहो ॥२४॥
      24. Karassa sappaccayassa kāho
      24. Conditionally kāha from kara

Declension

Declension table of "कर"
Case \ NumberSingular
Genitive (sixth)करस्स (karassa)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root कृ (kṛ, “to do”).

Pronunciation

Noun

कर • (kara) stem, m

  1. doer, maker
  2. hand
  3. tax

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कर
singular dual plural
nominative करः (karaḥ) करौ (karau)
करा¹ (karā¹) 		कराः (karāḥ)
करासः¹ (karāsaḥ¹)
vocative कर (kara) करौ (karau)
करा¹ (karā¹) 		कराः (karāḥ)
करासः¹ (karāsaḥ¹)
accusative करम् (karam) करौ (karau)
करा¹ (karā¹) 		करान् (karān)
instrumental करेण (kareṇa) कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) करैः (karaiḥ)
करेभिः¹ (karebhiḥ¹)
dative कराय (karāya) कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) करेभ्यः (karebhyaḥ)
ablative करात् (karāt) कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) करेभ्यः (karebhyaḥ)
genitive करस्य (karasya) करयोः (karayoḥ) कराणाम् (karāṇām)
locative करे (kare) करयोः (karayoḥ) करेषु (kareṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Balinese: ᬓᬭ (kara)
  • → Bengali: কর (kor)
  • → Hindi: कर (kar)
  • Pali: kara
  • → Tamil: கரம் (karam)
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