English Explanatory Dictionary

kara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.
name
  1. A female given name.
name
  1. A surname from Hindi.
name
  1. A Papua New Guinean language.
name
  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.
name
  1. An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.
name
  1. The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Word forms

kara karas

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Lemakot

Related words

Kara-Bogaz-Gol Kara Gates Kara Strait
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