Kara
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kara"
English
editEtymology 1
editVariant of Cara.
Proper noun
editKara
- A female given name.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editKara
- A surname from Hindi.
Etymology 3
editProper noun
editKara
- A Papua New Guinean language.
- Synonym: (former name) Lemakot
Further reading
edit- ISO 639-3 code leu (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Kara, leu
Etymology 4
editBorrowed from Korean 加耶, from Middle Chinese 伽倻. The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to /kaja/,[1] but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.[2]
Proper noun
editKara
- The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.
Etymology 5
editProper noun
editKara
Further reading
editEtymology 6
editBorrowed from Tamil கர (kara).
Proper noun
editKara
- The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
References
edit- ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives (BRILL, 2007), page 40, n. 27
- ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2009: →ISBN, page 105
See also
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPossibly from kara (“dried branch, (dialectal) grumpy person”) or kara (“bird”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKara
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kara | Karat | |
genitive | Karan | Karojen | |
partitive | Karaa | Karoja | |
illative | Karaan | Karoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kara | Karat | |
accusative | nom. | Kara | Karat |
gen. | Karan | ||
genitive | Karan | Karojen Karain rare | |
partitive | Karaa | Karoja | |
inessive | Karassa | Karoissa | |
elative | Karasta | Karoista | |
illative | Karaan | Karoihin | |
adessive | Karalla | Karoilla | |
ablative | Karalta | Karoilta | |
allative | Karalle | Karoille | |
essive | Karana | Karoina | |
translative | Karaksi | Karoiksi | |
abessive | Karatta | Karoitta | |
instructive | — | Karoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Kara is the 2924th (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 269 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
editIcelandic
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKara f
- a female given name
Declension
editDeclension of Kara | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Kara | Karan | Körur | Körurnar |
accusative | Köru | Köruna | Körur | Körurnar |
dative | Köru | Körunni | Körum | Körunum |
genitive | Köru | Körunnar | Kara | Karanna |
Turkish
editProper noun
editKara
- a male given name
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English surnames
- English surnames from Hindi
- English terms borrowed from Korean
- English terms derived from Korean
- English terms derived from Middle Chinese
- English terms borrowed from Tamil
- English terms derived from Tamil
- en:Languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːra
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːra/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
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