Kara
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kara"
English
Etymology 1
Variant of Cara.
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code leu (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Kara, leu
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Korean 加耶, from Middle Chinese 伽倻. The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to /kaja/,[1] but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.[2]
Proper noun
Kara
- 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 6
Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).
References
- Christopher I. Beckwith, Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives (BRILL, 2007), page 40, n. 27
- 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
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ka‧ra
Declension
| Inflection of Kara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Kara | Karat | ||
| genitive | Karan | Karojen | ||
| partitive | Karaa | Karoja | ||
| illative | Karaan | Karoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Kara | Karat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Kara | Karat | |
| gen. | Karan | |||
| genitive | Karan | Karojen Karainrare | ||
| partitive | Karaa | Karoja | ||
| inessive | Karassa | Karoissa | ||
| elative | Karasta | Karoista | ||
| illative | Karaan | Karoihin | ||
| adessive | Karalla | Karoilla | ||
| ablative | Karalta | Karoilta | ||
| allative | Karalle | Karoille | ||
| essive | Karana | Karoina | ||
| translative | Karaksi | Karoiksi | ||
| abessive | Karatta | Karoitta | ||
| instructive | — | Karoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Statistics
- Kara is the 2924th (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 269 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːra/
- Rhymes: -aːra
- Homophone: kara
Turkish
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