cāra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: cara
• Hyphenation: cā‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चार (cāra, “travelling; bait, trap”).

Noun

cāra

1. spy
2. messenger, emissary

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦕꦫ (cara) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Noun

cāra

1. Alternative spelling of cara, cāra, ācāra

Further reading

• "cāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• चार (Devanagari script)
• চার (Bengali script)
• චාර (Sinhalese script)
• စာရ or ၸႃရ (Burmese script)
• จาร or จาระ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈາຣ or ຈາຣະ (Lao script)
• ចារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Formed on the root car of carati (“to move about”).

Noun

cāra m

1. motion
2. action, behaviour

Declension

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

• micchācāra (“misconduct”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead