Kara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kara"

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Cara.

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A surname from Hindi.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A Papua New Guinean language.
    Synonym: (former name) Lemakot

Further reading

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Korean 加耶, from Middle Chinese 伽倻. The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to /kaja/,[1] but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.[2]

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Kara

  1. An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.

Further reading

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

References

  1. ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives (BRILL, 2007), page 40, n. 27
  2. ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2009: →ISBN, page 105

See also

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly from kara (“dried branch, (dialectal) grumpy person”) or kara (“bird”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ka‧ra
  • Hyphenation(key): Ka‧ra

Proper noun

Kara

  1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Kara Karat
genitive Karan Karojen
partitive Karaa Karoja
illative Karaan Karoihin
singular plural
nominative Kara Karat
accusative nom. Kara Karat
gen. Karan
genitive Karan Karojen
Karain rare
partitive Karaa Karoja
inessive Karassa Karoissa
elative Karasta Karoista
illative Karaan Karoihin
adessive Karalla Karoilla
ablative Karalta Karoilta
allative Karalle Karoille
essive Karana Karoina
translative Karaksi Karoiksi
abessive Karatta Karoitta
instructive — Karoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Karani Karani
accusative nom. Karani Karani
gen. Karani
genitive Karani Karojeni
Karaini rare
partitive Karaani Karojani
inessive Karassani Karoissani
elative Karastani Karoistani
illative Karaani Karoihini
adessive Karallani Karoillani
ablative Karaltani Karoiltani
allative Karalleni Karoilleni
essive Karanani Karoinani
translative Karakseni Karoikseni
abessive Karattani Karoittani
instructive — —
comitative — Karoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Karasi Karasi
accusative nom. Karasi Karasi
gen. Karasi
genitive Karasi Karojesi
Karaisi rare
partitive Karaasi Karojasi
inessive Karassasi Karoissasi
elative Karastasi Karoistasi
illative Karaasi Karoihisi
adessive Karallasi Karoillasi
ablative Karaltasi Karoiltasi
allative Karallesi Karoillesi
essive Karanasi Karoinasi
translative Karaksesi Karoiksesi
abessive Karattasi Karoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Karoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Karamme Karamme
accusative nom. Karamme Karamme
gen. Karamme
genitive Karamme Karojemme
Karaimme rare
partitive Karaamme Karojamme
inessive Karassamme Karoissamme
elative Karastamme Karoistamme
illative Karaamme Karoihimme
adessive Karallamme Karoillamme
ablative Karaltamme Karoiltamme
allative Karallemme Karoillemme
essive Karanamme Karoinamme
translative Karaksemme Karoiksemme
abessive Karattamme Karoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Karoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Karanne Karanne
accusative nom. Karanne Karanne
gen. Karanne
genitive Karanne Karojenne
Karainne rare
partitive Karaanne Karojanne
inessive Karassanne Karoissanne
elative Karastanne Karoistanne
illative Karaanne Karoihinne
adessive Karallanne Karoillanne
ablative Karaltanne Karoiltanne
allative Karallenne Karoillenne
essive Karananne Karoinanne
translative Karaksenne Karoiksenne
abessive Karattanne Karoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Karoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Karansa Karansa
accusative nom. Karansa Karansa
gen. Karansa
genitive Karansa Karojensa
Karainsa rare
partitive Karaansa Karojaan
Karojansa
inessive Karassaan
Karassansa 		Karoissaan
Karoissansa
elative Karastaan
Karastansa 		Karoistaan
Karoistansa
illative Karaansa Karoihinsa
adessive Karallaan
Karallansa 		Karoillaan
Karoillansa
ablative Karaltaan
Karaltansa 		Karoiltaan
Karoiltansa
allative Karalleen
Karallensa 		Karoilleen
Karoillensa
essive Karanaan
Karanansa 		Karoinaan
Karoinansa
translative Karakseen
Karaksensa 		Karoikseen
Karoiksensa
abessive Karattaan
Karattansa 		Karoittaan
Karoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Karoineen
Karoinensa

Statistics

  • Kara is the 2783rd (tied with 6 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 283 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

  1. ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo; Paikkala, Sirkka (2000), Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra
    Homophone: kara

Proper noun

Kara f (proper noun, genitive singular Köru)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Kara (sg-only feminine)
indefinite singular
nominative Kara
accusative Köru
dative Köru
genitive Köru

Japanese

Romanization

Kara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of から

Turkish

Proper noun

Kara

  1. a male given name
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