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Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ri/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Hyphenation: ca‧ri
Determiner
cari
- which
Pronoun
cari
- which, that, who
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic جَارِي (jārī).
Adjective
cari
- current (existing or occurring at the moment)
- Synonyms: hal-hazırkı, indiki
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Noun
cari m (plural caris)
- curry (spice blend and dish)
- Synonym: curry
Further reading
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay cari, from Sanskrit चारिन् (cārin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ri/
- Rhymes: -ri
- Hyphenation: ca‧ri
Verb
cari (active mencari, passive dicari, perfective passive tercari)
- (transitive) to find; to search; to seek (to try to find something whose whereabouts are unknown)
- Synonym: telusuri
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ri/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Hyphenation: cà‧ri
Etymology 1
Noun
cari m pl (plural only)
- (people) Carians (ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
cari m pl
- masculine plural of caro
Noun
cari m pl
- plural of caro
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cari
- inflection of cariare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
cārī
- inflection of cārus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Latvian
Noun
cari m
- nominative/vocative plural of cars
Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
cari (Jawi spelling چاري)
- to search, to look for, to seek
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
cari m (plural caris)
- Alternative form of acari
Further reading
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
cari
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căra
Etymology 2
Noun
cari m
- plural of car
Etymology 3
Pronoun
cari
- Nonstandard form of care.
Spanish
Etymology
Short for cariño.
Noun
cari m or f by sense (plural caris)
- (colloquial) darling, dear, lover
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جاری (cari), from Arabic جَارِي (jārī).
Adjective
cari
- current, prevailing, in effect
- usual, customary
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 635
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Venetan
Noun
cari m pl
- plural of caro
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
cari
- second-person singular future colloquial of caru
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.