cāra
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"
Old Javanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit चार (cāra, “travelling; bait, trap”).
Noun edit
cāra
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cāra
Further reading edit
- "cāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Formed on the root car of carati (“to move about”).
Noun edit
cāra m
- motion
- action, behaviour
Declension edit
Declension table of "cāra" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | cāro | cārā |
Accusative (second) | cāraṃ | cāre |
Instrumental (third) | cārena | cārehi or cārebhi |
Dative (fourth) | cārassa or cārāya or cāratthaṃ | cārānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | cārasmā or cāramhā or cārā | cārehi or cārebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | cārassa | cārānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | cārasmiṃ or cāramhi or cāre | cāresu |
Vocative (calling) | cāra | cārā |
Derived terms edit
- micchācāra (“misconduct”)
References edit
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead