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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit कारा (kārā).
Noun
कारा • (kārā) f (Urdu spelling کارا)
- (chiefly in compounds) a prison
Declension
Declension of कारा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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कारा
kārā
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काराएँ
kārāẽ
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| oblique
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कारा
kārā
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काराओं
kārāõ
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| vocative
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कारा
kārā
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काराओ
kārāo
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”). Doublet of काला (kālā).
Adjective
कारा • (kārā) (Urdu spelling کارا)
- black
Declension
Declension of कारा (ā-stem)
References
Pali
Noun
कारा f
- Devanagari script form of kārā
Declension
Declension table of "कारा" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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| 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)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (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
- a prison
- Synonym: कारागार (kārāgāra)
- binding, confinement
- the part of a lute below the neck (for deadening the sound)
- pain, affliction
- a female messenger
- a female worker in gold
- a kind of bird
Declension
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