cāra

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चार (cāra, “travelling; bait, trap”).

Noun

cāra

  1. spy
  2. messenger, emissary
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦕꦫ (cara) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Noun

cāra

  1. Alternative spelling of cara, cāra, ācāra

Further reading

  • "cāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Formed on the root car of carati (“to move about”).

Noun

cāra m

  1. motion
  2. action, behaviour

Declension

Declension table of "cāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)cārocārā
Accusative (second)cāraṃcāre
Instrumental (third)cārenacārehi or cārebhi
Dative (fourth)cārassa or cārāya or cāratthaṃcārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)cārasmā or cāramhā or cārācārehi or cārebhi
Genitive (sixth)cārassacārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)cārasmiṃ or cāramhi or cārecāresu
Vocative (calling)cāracārā

Derived terms

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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