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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαίρω (khaírō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰa.rǎː/ → /xaˈra/ → /xaˈra/
Noun
χᾰρᾱ́ • (kharā́) f (genitive χᾰρᾶς); first declension
- joy, exultation
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “χαρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χαρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5479 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cheer idem, page 128.
- delight idem, page 208.
- ecstasy idem, page 261.
- elation idem, page 265.
- enjoyment idem, page 275.
- entrancement idem, page 278.
- exhilaration idem, page 291.
- exultation idem, page 299.
- gaiety idem, page 351.
- gladness idem, page 361.
- glee idem, page 361.
- gratification idem, page 370.
- hilarity idem, page 400.
- intoxication idem, page 454.
- jollity idem, page 464.
- joy idem, page 464.
- light-heartedness idem, page 491.
- liveliness idem, page 496.
- merriment idem, page 526.
- mirth idem, page 532.
- pleasure idem, page 620.
- rapture idem, page 672.
- ravishment idem, page 674.
- rejoicing idem, page 689.
- transport idem, page 889.
- triumph idem, page 896.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek χαρά (khará).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈɾa/
- Hyphenation: χα‧ρά
Noun
χαρά • (chará) f (plural χαρές)
- joy, pleasure
- also a feminine name 'Χαρά
Declension
Coordinate terms
- απόλαυση f (apólafsi, “enjoyment, delight, pleasure”)
- ευτυχία f (eftychía, “happiness, contentment”)
- ευχαρίστηση f (efcharístisi, “pleasure, contentment”)
- ικανοποίηση f (ikanopoíisi, “contentment, satisfaction”)
- τέρψη f (térpsi, “delight, enjoyment, pleasure”)
- χαρά f (chará, “joy, exhilaration, delight”)
Derived terms
Descendants