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kara

kara noun: a bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.

Noun

kara (plural karas)

  1. (Sikhism) A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kara

Kara

  1. A female given name.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kara

Kara

  1. A surname from Hindi.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Kara

Kara

  1. A Papua New Guinean language.
    Synonyms:
    Lemakot

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Kara

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.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Kara

Kara

  1. An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.

Proper noun (6) capitalized: Kara

Kara

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

kara meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

kara in Tamil

அங்கர்கோமான்

kara in Marathi

kara
कडे kaḍe

kara in Urdu

کارا

kara in Telugu

కారా
More languagesFewer languages
kara in Malayalam
കാര, കാരാ
kara in Kannada
ಕಾರಾ
kara in Punjabi
ਕੜਾ kaṛā
kara in Gujarati
કારા

Synonyms of kara

Forms of kara

pluralkaras

Origin of kara

From Punjabi ਕੜਾ (kaṛā); see Hindi कड़ा (kaṛā, “bracelet”).

Variant of Cara.

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

Phrases with kara

Questions about kara

What does kara mean?
Kara means a bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.
What is kara in Tamil?
Kara in Tamil is அங்கர்கோமான். See Kara meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kara?
Kara can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kara?
The plural of kara is karas.

Words near kara in the dictionary

  1. kar
  2. kar seva
  3. kar sewa
  4. Kar-Jenner
  5. Kar-Jenners
  6. kara
  7. Kara Gates
  8. Kara Khitai
  9. Kara Sea
  10. Kara Strait
  11. Kara-Bogaz Gol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kara (page history and authors); Kara (page history and authors); kara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कडे (Marathi) (page history and authors); kara (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kara (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kara (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kara (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਕੜਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); kara (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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