From Middle Dutch cāre, from Old Dutch *cara, from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with English care.
kaar f (plural karen, diminutive kaartje n)
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kaar n (plural karen, diminutive kaartje n)
From Proto-Finnic *kaari. Cognate with Finnish kaari.
kaar (genitive kaare, partitive kaart)
Declension of kaar (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaar | kaared | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kaare | ||
genitive | kaarte | ||
partitive | kaart | kaari | |
illative | kaarde kaaresse |
kaartesse kaarisse | |
inessive | kaares | kaartes kaaris | |
elative | kaarest | kaartest kaarist | |
allative | kaarele | kaartele kaarile | |
adessive | kaarel | kaartel kaaril | |
ablative | kaarelt | kaartelt kaarilt | |
translative | kaareks | kaarteks kaariks | |
terminative | kaareni | kaarteni | |
essive | kaarena | kaartena | |
abessive | kaareta | kaarteta | |
comitative | kaarega | kaartega |
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār. Cognate to Turkish kar.
kaar
Borrowed from English car, from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French. Doublet of diaka, partially.
kaar (construct form kaarin)
From Proto-Finnic *kakra.
kaar (genitive kaara, partitive kaara)
This noun needs an inflection-table template.