Kári

From Old Norse Kári (“gust of wind”), related to kárr (“curly-haired”),^[1][2][3] from a Proto-Germanic root related to *kreukaną (“to fold up, wrinkle”).^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔɑːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːɹɪ
• Homophone: kári

Kári m

1. a male given name, compare Norwegian Kåre

Patronymics

• Kári's son: Kárason
• Kári's daughter: Káradóttir

From Old Norse Kári (“gust of wind”), related to kárr (“curly-haired”),^[1][2][3] from a Proto-Germanic root related to *kreukaną (“to fold up, wrinkle”).^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰauːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -auːrɪ
• Homophone: kári

Kári m (proper noun, genitive singular Kára)

1. a male given name

Kári

1. dative of Kár

From kári (“breeze”) from Proto-Germanic *kawara- related to Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”) ultimatly from Proto-Indo-European *geu- (“to turn, bend”), related to kárr (“curly-haired”), ká (“to turn, spread”) and keyra (“to whip, ride, fling”).

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒːri/
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːri/

Kári

1. a male given name
   • 13th century, Brennu-Njáls Saga:

     „Hvar fundust þið?“ segir Kári.

     "Where did y'all meet" Said Kari.

• Icelandic: Kári
• Faroese: Kári
• Norwegian: Kåre
• Swedish: Kåre
• Danish: Kåre

• Orðsifjabók.Árnastofnun
• Brennu-Njáls Saga at Wikisource