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Kara

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A surname from Hindi.
  3. 3
    A Papua New Guinean language.
  4. 4
    The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.
  5. 5
    An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.
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  1. 6
    The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work. Sikhism

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Variant of Cara.

Etymology 3

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.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

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