Makara

See also: makara, makāra, and mäkärä

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Makara and Ukrainian Макара (Makara).

Proper noun

Makara (plural Makaras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Makara is the 35057^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 643 individuals. Makara is most common among White (91.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Makara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 495.

Anagrams

• akarma, maraka, Kamara

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmakara]

Proper noun

Makara m anim (female equivalent Makarová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Makara (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Makara	Makarové
genitive	Makary	Makarů
dative	Makarovi	Makarům
accusative	Makaru	Makary
vocative	Makaro	Makarové
locative	Makarovi	Makarech
instrumental	Makarou	Makary

Further reading

• “Makara”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Макар (Makar).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑkɑr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkɑːrɑ/, [ˈmɑkˑɑːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑr, -ɑkɑːrɑ
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ka‧ra

Noun

Makara

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Macarius

Declension

Declension of Makara (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Makara	Makarat
genitive	Makaran	Makaroin
partitive	Makaraa	Makaroja
illative	Makaraa	Makaroihe
inessive	Makaraas	Makarois
elative	Makarast	Makaroist
allative	Makaralle	Makaroille
adessive	Makaraal	Makaroil
ablative	Makaralt	Makaroilt
translative	Makaraks	Makaroiks
essive	Makaranna, Makaraan	Makaroinna, Makaroin
exessive1)	Makarant	Makaroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 293