Kara

See also: kara, karā, karą, kaŗa, kaŗā, kaɽa, kára, Kára, kāra, kārā, kära, and kåra

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Cara.

Proper noun

Kara

1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kara

1. A surname, from Hindi​.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kara

1. A Papua New Guinean language.

   Synonym: (former name) Lemakot

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code leu (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kara, leu

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Korean 加耶, from Middle Chinese 伽倻. The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to /kaja/, but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.

Proper noun

Kara

1. 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

Proper noun

Kara

1. An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code kxh (SIL)

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

Proper noun

Kara

1. The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Anagrams

• arak, rak'a

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

  Homophone: kara

Proper noun

Kara f

1. A female given name

Declension

declension of Kara

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

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Turkish

Proper noun

Kara

1. A male given name