Kara

See also: kara, kára, Kára, kära, karā, kāra, kaŗa, and kaŗā

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Cara.

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A female given name.
  2. A Hindu/Indian surname​.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Papua New Guinean language which has the ISO code 'leu', formerly called Lemakot.

Etymology 3

From Korean 加耶 (伽倻). The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to Kaya,[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 4

Proper noun

Kara

  1. The Omotic language which has the ISO code 'kxh' and which is also sometimes called "Karo".

Etymology 5

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

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kara f

  1. A female given name

Declension

Turkish

Proper noun

Kara

  1. A male given name
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