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karas

karas is the plural of kara.

Meaning of kara

Noun

kara (plural karas)

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Karas

Karas (plural Karases)

  1. A surname.

Forms of karas

pluralKarases

Origin of karas

* As a Slavic and Jewish surname (Polish Karaś, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Upper Sorbian): all from the noun karaś (“crucian carp”). Compare Caras, Karasch, Karras. * As a Hungarian surname, from the name of the river Karaš, itself possibly from Turkish kara (“black”). Also Americanized from Kárász, itself related to the carp sense above. * As a Greek surname, from κάρας (káras, “black”), itself from the Turkish word. Also shortened from names like Καραγεωργίου (Karageorgíou, “Black George”), Καραγιάννης (Karagiánnis, “black John”), etc. Compare Caras, Kara, Karras. * As a German surname, shortened from names like Zacharias, or Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed”), Christian saint's name.

Questions about karas

What does karas mean?
Karas means a surname.
What is karas the plural of?
Karas is the plural of kara.
What part of speech is karas?
Karas is a proper noun.

Words near karas in the dictionary

  1. Karapetian
  2. Karapetians
  3. Karapetyan
  4. Karapetyans
  5. karapincha
  6. karas
  7. Karasburg
  8. Karasek
  9. Karaseks
  10. karashi
  11. Karasik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: karas (page history and authors); Karas (page history and authors); kara (page history and authors). 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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