كار

See also: کار, گاز, and گار

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Persian کار (kâr).

Pronunciation

Noun

كار • (kārm (Kuwait)

  1. busy person
    ما كاريmā kāriI'm not busy

Derived terms

References

  • الرشيد, خالد عبد القادر عبد العزيز (2012) “كار”, in موسوعة اللهجة الكويتية (in Arabic), page 531

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From French gare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːr/

Noun

كار • (gārf (plural كارات (gārāt))

  1. train station
    Synonym: (commoner) محطة (maḥaṭṭa, mḥaṭṭa)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From French car.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːr/

Noun

كار • (kārm (plural كيران (kīrān))

  1. interurban bus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian کار (kâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /caɾ/

Noun

كار • (kâr)

  1. (poetic, rare) business, negotium, work, affair, scheme
    Synonym: ایش ()
  2. profit, gain, earnings
    Synonym: قازانچ (kazanç)
  3. (trailing part in compounds) doer, maker, somebody having the job of
    Synonym: ـچی (-çi)
    خدمت كارhidmet-kâr, hizmet-kârdomestic, do-all

Derived terms

  • كار كذار (kargüzar, skillful)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kâr
  • Armenian: քյար (kʻyar)
  • Bulgarian: кяр (kjar)
  • Macedonian: ќар (ḱar)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćȃr/ћа̑р
  • Crimean Tatar: kâr

Further reading