See also: Kar, kár, Kár, kâr, kär, Kär, kår, kar., and kār-

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

kar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Karenic languages.

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

kar (plural kars)

  1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
    • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:
      In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

AnagramsEdit

AchiEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare with other Mayan – Quichean–Mamean K'iche' kar

PronunciationEdit

  1. fish (plural) karaiib'

NounEdit

kar

ReferencesEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kar/
  • (file)

NounEdit

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

  1. cart
  2. car, automobile

SynonymsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Romani kar.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

  1. (anatomy) penis
  2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian کر(kar).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

  1. deaf
  2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless
    kar samitlərvoiceless consonants

AntonymsEdit

BretonEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

NounEdit

kar m (plural kerent)

  1. relative
MutationEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

kar

  1. Hard mutation of gar.
MutationEdit

ChuukeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kar

  1. hot

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kar m inan

  1. cirque

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • kar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ker.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

  1. vessel
  2. trough
  3. tub

InflectionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

NounEdit

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

  1. A cart, vehicle on wheels without motor.
  2. Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: kar
  • Caribbean Hindustani: gári
  • Javanese: ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar)

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

kar

  1. verb form of karren

ElfdalianEdit

NounEdit

kar n

  1. tub, bathtub

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From a Turkic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

NounEdit

kar (plural karok)

  1. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
  2. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  3. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
  4. (only with the suffix -ban (in), often preceded by (good) or rossz (bad)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kar karok
accusative kart karokat
dative karnak karoknak
instrumental karral karokkal
causal-final karért karokért
translative karrá karokká
terminative karig karokig
essive-formal karként karokként
essive-modal
inessive karban karokban
superessive karon karokon
adessive karnál karoknál
illative karba karokba
sublative karra karokra
allative karhoz karokhoz
elative karból karokból
delative karról karokról
ablative kartól karoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
karé karoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
karéi karokéi
Possessive forms of kar
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karom karjaim
2nd person sing. karod karjaid
3rd person sing. karja karjai
1st person plural karunk karjaink
2nd person plural karotok karjaitok
3rd person plural karjuk karjaik
Derived termsEdit
Compound words
Expressions

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin chorus.

NounEdit

kar (plural karok)

  1. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (teaching staff))
  2. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)
    Meronym: tanszék
  3. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)
    Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar
Usage notesEdit

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kar karok
accusative kart karokat
dative karnak karoknak
instrumental karral karokkal
causal-final karért karokért
translative karrá karokká
terminative karig karokig
essive-formal karként karokként
essive-modal
inessive karban karokban
superessive karon karokon
adessive karnál karoknál
illative karba karokba
sublative karra karokra
allative karhoz karokhoz
elative karból karokból
delative karról karokról
ablative kartól karoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
karé karoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
karéi karokéi
Possessive forms of kar
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. karom karaim
2nd person sing. karod karaid
3rd person sing. kara karai
1st person plural karunk karaink
2nd person plural karotok karaitok
3rd person plural karuk karaik
Derived termsEdit
Compound words

Further readingEdit

  • (arm, lever): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (faculty; ensemble): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

AnagramsEdit

IbanEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kar

  1. map

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

NounEdit

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. tub
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From English car.

NounEdit

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

  1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit

K'iche'Edit

 
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NounEdit

kar

  1. fish

KaingangEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kar

  1. every; all

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

kar

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of kārt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of kārt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of kārt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of kārt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of kārt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of kārt

NgarrindjeriEdit

PronounEdit

kar

  1. they

Northern KurdishEdit

NounEdit

kar m

  1. work, labor

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

NounEdit

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
Usage notesEdit
  • Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas.

NounEdit

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

  1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
  2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
  3. a pier (for a bridge)
  4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

NounEdit

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

  1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
  2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kjer.

NounEdit

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

  1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from German Kar, from Middle High German kar, from Old High German char, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

NounEdit

kar m inan

  1. cirque, combe, corrie, cwm
    Synonyms: cyrk lodowcowy, kocioł
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
adjective

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

kar f

  1. genitive plural of kara

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

kar n

  1. genitive plural of karo

Further readingEdit

  • kar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Sanskrit *काट (kāṭa).[1] Cognate with Pali kāṭa-kōṭacikā.[1][2]

NounEdit

kar m

  1. penis[1][2][3]

DescendantsEdit

  • Albanian: kar

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*kāṭa2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 154
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “kar¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 135b
  3. ^ Andrea Scala (2020), “Romani Lexicon”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 92

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

kar

  1. Romanization of 𒋼𒀀 (kar)

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kar n

  1. tub
  2. bathtub
    Synonym: badkar

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kar karet kar karen
Genitive kars karets kars karens

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English car.

NounEdit

kar

  1. car

SynonymsEdit

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Ottoman Turkish قار(kar, snow), from Proto-Turkic *kār, *Kiār (snow). Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺(kar, snow), Proto-Mongolic *karig (strong coldness).

NounEdit

kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

  1. snow
DeclensionEdit
Inflection
Nominative kar
Definite accusative karı
Singular Plural
Nominative kar karlar
Definite accusative karı karları
Dative kara karlara
Locative karda karlarda
Ablative kardan karlardan
Genitive karın karların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular karım karlarım
2nd singular karın karların
3rd singular karı karları
1st plural karımız karlarımız
2nd plural karınız karlarınız
3rd plural karları karları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular karımı karlarımı
2nd singular karını karlarını
3rd singular karını karlarını
1st plural karımızı karlarımızı
2nd plural karınızı karlarınızı
3rd plural karlarını karlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular karıma karlarıma
2nd singular karına karlarına
3rd singular karına karlarına
1st plural karımıza karlarımıza
2nd plural karınıza karlarınıza
3rd plural karlarına karlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular karımda karlarımda
2nd singular karında karlarında
3rd singular karında karlarında
1st plural karımızda karlarımızda
2nd plural karınızda karlarınızda
3rd plural karlarında karlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular karımdan karlarımdan
2nd singular karından karlarından
3rd singular karından karlarından
1st plural karımızdan karlarımızdan
2nd plural karınızdan karlarınızdan
3rd plural karlarından karlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular karımın karlarımın
2nd singular karının karlarının
3rd singular karının karlarının
1st plural karımızın karlarımızın
2nd plural karınızın karlarınızın
3rd plural karlarının karlarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular karım karlarım
2nd singular karsın karlarsın
3rd singular kar
kardır
karlar
karlardır
1st plural karız karlarız
2nd plural karsınız karlarsınız
3rd plural karlar karlardır
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

kar

  1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

UzbekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian کر(kar).

AdjectiveEdit

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

  1. deaf

Derived termsEdit

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

kar c (plural karren)

  1. choice

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

ZazakiEdit

NounEdit

kar

  1. (grammar) verb

SynonymsEdit