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kara¹

Where it comes from

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

noun karas

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

Kara²

Where it comes from

Variant of Cara.

proper noun

  1. A female given name.

Kara³

proper noun

  1. A surname from Hindi.

Kara⁴

proper noun

  1. A Papua New Guinean language.

    Similar: Lemakot

Kara⁵

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

  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.

Kara⁶

proper noun

  1. An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.

Kara⁷

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

proper noun

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mace, military, war, karaoke, punishment, penalty, ust, karabakh, cara, carla, kanga, khanga, kangha, khanda, choora, mala

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"kara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kara. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kara. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kara

Chicago

"kara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kara.

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@misc{kara_2026,
  title = {kara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}