কার

Bengali

Etymology 1

Pronoun

কার • (kar)

1. (colloquial) whose.

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কাহার” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh

Etymology 2

Noun

কার • (kar)

1. vowel sign, diacritic made by joining a dependent vowel to a consonant.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian کار‎ (kār).

Noun

কার • (kar)

1. work, deed

Usage notes

The term is more likely used in compound words directly borrowed from Persian like কারখানা (karkhana), কারদানি (kardani) or কারনামা (karnama) than used as an individual word.