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kar

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kar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Karenic languages.

English

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Noun

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kar (plural kars)

  1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
    • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:
      In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

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Achi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *kar. Compare with other Mayan – Quichean–Mamean K'iche' kar

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kar

  1. fish (plural) karaiib'

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

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  • IPA(key): /kar/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

  1. cart
  2. car, automobile

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Ainu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ainu *kar (“to make; to do; to hunt”). A primary root in Ainu, it describes the intentional act of creation, performance, or the harvesting of resources from the environment.

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kar (Kana spelling カㇼ)

  1. To make; to create; to build.
    Cise kar an.
    We build a house.
  2. To do; to perform.
  3. To hunt; to gather; to harvest.
    Pukusa kar as.
    We gather wild leeks.
  4. To carve; to sew; to weave.
  5. (in compounds) To act like; to produce a certain state.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kar
case objective
person 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
number singular plural singular plural singular plural singular plural
subjective 1st singular eci=kar eci=kar k(u)=kar k(u)=kar ku=i=kar ku=i=kar
plural eci=kar eci=kar c(i)=kar c(i)=kar a=i=kar a=i=kar
2nd singular en=kar un=kar e=kar e=kar e=i=kar e=i=kar
plural eci=en=kar eci=un=kar eci=kar eci=kar eci=i=kar eci=i=kar
3rd singular en=kar un=kar e=kar eci=kar kar kar i=kar i=kar
plural en=kar un=kar e=kar eci=kar kar kar i=kar i=kar
4th singular a=en=kar a=un=kar a=e=kar a=eci=kar a=kar a=kar a=i=kar a=i=kar
plural a=en=kar a=un=kar a=e=kar a=eci=kar a=kar a=kar a=i=kar a=i=kar

†1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
†4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

Derived terms

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  • tokkari (“seal”, literally “the one that makes a protrusion”)
  • cise-kar (“to build a house”)
  • amip-kar (“to make clothes”)
  • nuye-kar (“to carve; to draw”)
  • yay-kar (“to transform oneself”)
  • nep-kar (“to do what”)

References

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  • Vovin, Alexander (1993), A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu, Leiden: Brill.
  • Batchelor, John (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House.

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Romani kar, from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa).[1]

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Noun

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kar m (plural kare, definite kari, definite plural karet)

  1. (anatomy) penis
  2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

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Declension of kar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kar kari kare karet
accusative karin
dative kari karit kareve kareve
ablative karesh

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian کر (kar).

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Adjective

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kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

  1. deaf
  2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless
    kar samitlər ― voiceless consonants

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Breton

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

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kar m (plural kerent)

  1. relative

Mutation

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Mutation of kar
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kar gar c'har unchanged
plural kerent gerent c'herent unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kar

  1. hard mutation of gar

Mutation

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Mutation of kar
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular gar c'har unchanged kar
plural garoù c'haroù unchanged karoù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Chuukese

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Adjective

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kar

  1. hot

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish car, from Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants. Related to kara (“to love”). Cognate with Breton kar, Irish cara, Manx carrey, Scottish Gaelic caraid, and Welsh câr.

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Noun

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kar m (plural kerens)

  1. parent
  2. relative, relation

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Derived terms

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Verb

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kar

  1. inflection of kara:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

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Mutation of kar
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
kar gar har unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kar m inan

  1. cirque

Declension

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Declension of kar (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kar kary
genitive karu karů
dative karu karům
accusative kar kary
vocative kare kary
locative karu karech
instrumental karem kary

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ker.

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Noun

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kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

  1. vessel
  2. trough
  3. tub

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Declension of kar
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kar karret kar karrene
genitive kars karrets kars karrenes

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Noun

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kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

  1. a cart, vehicle on wheels without motor
  2. any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kar
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: gári
  • → Javanese: ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kar

  1. verb form of karren

Elfdalian

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Noun

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kar n

  1. tub, bathtub

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *karï (“forearm”)[1] via Bulgar,[2][3] compare Chuvash хур (hur, “span”).[4]

Noun

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kar (plural karok)

  2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
  3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
  5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kar karok
accusative kart karokat
dative karnak karoknak
instrumental karral karokkal
causal-final karért karokért
translative karrá karokká
terminative karig karokig
essive-formal karként karokként
essive-modal — —
inessive karban karokban
superessive karon karokon
adessive karnál karoknál
illative karba karokba
sublative karra karokra
allative karhoz karokhoz
elative karból karokból
delative karról karokról
ablative kartól karoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		karé karoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		karéi karokéi
Possessive forms of kar
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karom karjaim
2nd person sing. karod karjaid
3rd person sing. karja karjai
1st person plural karunk karjaink
2nd person plural karotok karjaitok
3rd person plural karjuk karjaik
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Etymology 2

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From Latin chorus.

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kar (plural karok)

  2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
  3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)
    Meronym: tanszék
  4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)
    Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar
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These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Declension
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kar karok
accusative kart karokat
dative karnak karoknak
instrumental karral karokkal
causal-final karért karokért
translative karrá karokká
terminative karig karokig
essive-formal karként karokként
essive-modal — —
inessive karban karokban
superessive karon karokon
adessive karnál karoknál
illative karba karokba
sublative karra karokra
allative karhoz karokhoz
elative karból karokból
delative karról karokról
ablative kartól karoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		karé karoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		karéi karokéi
Possessive forms of kar
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karom karaim
2nd person sing. karod karaid
3rd person sing. kara karai
1st person plural karunk karaink
2nd person plural karotok karaitok
3rd person plural karuk karaik
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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “karı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 644-645
  2. ^ Róna-Tas, András; Berta, Árpád; Károly, László (2011), West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), volume I, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 492-494
  3. ^ kar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  4. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996), “kar”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 361

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  • (arm, lever): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (faculty; ensemble): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

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Iban

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Noun

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kar

  1. map

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

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kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. tub
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Declension of kar (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kar karið kör körin
accusative kar karið kör körin
dative kari karinu körum körunum
genitive kars karsins kara karanna
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English car.

Noun

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kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile
    Synonym: bíll (standard)
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Declension of kar (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kar karið kör körin
accusative kar karið kör körin
dative kari karinu körum körunum
genitive kars karsins kara karanna
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Kaingang

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Adjective

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kar

  1. every; all

K'iche'

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mayan *kar.

Noun

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kar

  1. fish

Latvian

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Verb

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kar

  1. inflection of kārt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kārt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kārt

Ngarrindjeri

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Pronoun

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kar

  1. they

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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kar m

  1. work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

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kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
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  • Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.
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Etymology 2

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From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas.

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kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

  1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
  2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
  3. a pier (for a bridge)
  4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

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kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
    Synonyms: fyr, mann, type
    • 1647, “Heel j moht kär syskon baan”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 49:
      Frackare kar är æcki tæll uthi hela slire giæll
      There’s no greater guy in the whole Slidre parish
    • 16xx, David Klim, Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget, published in Ældre norske Sprogminder, published 1911, page 29:
      Karr. Een Karll.
      Karr. A guy.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

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kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

  1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)
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References

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  • “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “kar” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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Polish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German Kar, from Middle High German kar, from Old High German char, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

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kar m inan

  1. cirque, combe, corrie, cwm
    Synonyms: cyrk lodowcowy, kocioł
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Declension of kar
singular plural
nominative kar kary
genitive karu karów
dative karowi karom
accusative kar kary
instrumental karem karami
locative karze karach
vocative karze kary
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adjective

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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kar f

  1. genitive plural of kara

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kar n

  1. genitive plural of karo

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  • “kar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “kar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa).[1][1][2] Cognate with Gujarati કાડ (kāḍ), Hindustani کاڑْھ / काढ़ (kāṛh), Marathi काड (kāḍ, “straw”), Sindhi کاڙُ (kāṛu).

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kar m

  1. penis[1][2][3]

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*kāṭa2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 154
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “kar¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 135b
  3. ^ Andrea Scala (2020), “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92

Sumerian

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Romanization

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kar

  1. romanization of 𒋼𒀀 (kar)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

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kar n

  1. tub
  2. bathtub
    Synonym: badkar

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Declension of kar
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kar kars
definite karet karets
plural indefinite kar kars
definite karen karens

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós
Proto-Celtic *karros
Gaulish *karrosbor.
Latin carrus
Anglo-Norman carrebor.
Middle English carre
English carbor.
Tagalog kar

    Borrowed from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French, from Latin carrus. Doublet of karo.

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    kar (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔)

    1. car
      Synonyms: kotse, awto, awtomobil
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    • “kar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
    • Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

    Tat

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    Cognate with Persian کار (kâr).

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    kar

    1. work

    Tok Pisin

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    Etymology

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    From English car.

    Noun

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    kar

    1. car

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    Turkish

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    kar altında kalmış yol

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ/, [ˈkʰɑɾ̞̊]

    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قار (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”).

    Noun

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    kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

    1. snow
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    Declension of kar
    singular plural
    nominative kar karlar
    definite accusative karı karları
    dative kara karlara
    locative karda karlarda
    ablative kardan karlardan
    genitive karın karların
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular karım karlarım
    2nd singular karın karların
    3rd singular karı karları
    1st plural karımız karlarımız
    2nd plural karınız karlarınız
    3rd plural karları karları
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular karımı karlarımı
    2nd singular karını karlarını
    3rd singular karını karlarını
    1st plural karımızı karlarımızı
    2nd plural karınızı karlarınızı
    3rd plural karlarını karlarını
    dative
    singular plural
    1st singular karıma karlarıma
    2nd singular karına karlarına
    3rd singular karına karlarına
    1st plural karımıza karlarımıza
    2nd plural karınıza karlarınıza
    3rd plural karlarına karlarına
    locative
    singular plural
    1st singular karımda karlarımda
    2nd singular karında karlarında
    3rd singular karında karlarında
    1st plural karımızda karlarımızda
    2nd plural karınızda karlarınızda
    3rd plural karlarında karlarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    1st singular karımdan karlarımdan
    2nd singular karından karlarından
    3rd singular karından karlarından
    1st plural karımızdan karlarımızdan
    2nd plural karınızdan karlarınızdan
    3rd plural karlarından karlarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    1st singular karımın karlarımın
    2nd singular karının karlarının
    3rd singular karının karlarının
    1st plural karımızın karlarımızın
    2nd plural karınızın karlarınızın
    3rd plural karlarının karlarının
    Predicative forms
    singular plural
    1st singular karım karlarım
    2nd singular karsın karlarsın
    3rd singular kar
    kardır     		karlar
    karlardır
    1st plural karız karlarız
    2nd plural karsınız karlarsınız
    3rd plural karlar karlardır
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    Further reading

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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    kar

    1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

    Uzbek

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian کر (kar).

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    kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

    1. deaf

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    West Frisian

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    Etymology

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    From Old Frisian kere, from Proto-Germanic *kuziz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”).

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    kar c (plural karren)

    1. choice

    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

    Yurok

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    kar

    1. key

    Zazaki

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    Noun

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    kar

    1. (grammar) verb

    Synonyms

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