kar

kar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Karenic languages.

kar (plural kars)

1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
   • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:

     In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

• kar seva

• RAK, Ark, Ark., KRA, Kra, kra, RKA, ark, AKR

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare with other Mayan – Quichean–Mamean K'iche' kar

• IPA^(key): /kar/

kar

1. fish (plural) karaiib'

• Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Achi - castellano (2000)
• livingdictionaries fish (kar) wav recording 2022

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

• IPA^(key): /kar/

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kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

• wa

From Romani kar, from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [kaɾ]
• IPA^(key): [kaɹ] (Gheg)

kar m (plural kar, definite kari, definite plural karet)

1. (anatomy) penis
2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

• penis m (chiefly formal)
• bile m
• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

• karuc m (diminutive)

From Persian کر (kar).

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kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ən kar)

1. deaf
2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

   kar samitlər ― voiceless consonants

• (antonym(s) of “of a consonant”): cingiltili

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːr/

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar

1. hard mutation of gar

kar

1. hot

• IPA^(key): [ˈkar]

kar m inan

1. cirque

• “kar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Old Norse ker.

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [kʰɑ]
• Rhymes: -ar

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough
3. tub

• badekar

• “kar” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /kɑr/

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• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

1. a cart, vehicle on wheels without motor
2. any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck

• wagen

• Afrikaans: kar
• → Caribbean Hindustani: gári
• → Javanese: ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar)
  • → Indonesian: kahar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar

1. verb form of karren

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒr]

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• Rhymes: -ɒr

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *karï (“forearm”)^[1] via Bulgar,^[2][3] compare Chuvash хур (hur, “span”).^[4]

kar (plural karok)

2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

From Latin chorus.

kar (plural karok)

2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)

   Meronym: tanszék

4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

• (arm, lever): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (faculty; ensemble): kar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• rak

• IPA^(key): [kar]

kar

1. map

• IPA^(key): /kʰaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Borrowed from Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

• baðkar

Borrowed from English car.

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

   Synonym: bíll (standard)

• (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ/, [ˈkaɾɐ]

kar

1. every; all

kar

1. fish

kar

1. inflection of kārt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kārt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kārt

kar

1. they

kar m

1. work, labor

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

• Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

• ågerkar

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas.

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
3. a pier (for a bridge)
4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

• “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

   Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

   • 1647, “Heel j moht kär syskon baan”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 49:

     Frackare kar är æcki tæll uthi hela slire giæll

     There’s no greater guy in the whole Slidre parish

   • 16xx, David Klim, Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget, published in Ældre norske Sprogminder, published 1911, page 29:

     Karr. Een Karll.

     Karr. A guy.

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą. Doublet of kjer.

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

• badekar
• blodkar

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kar” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

• ark, kra, rak

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar/

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: kar

Borrowed from German Kar, from Middle High German kar, from Old High German char, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

kar m inan

1. cirque, combe, corrie, cwm

   Synonyms: cyrk lodowcowy, kocioł

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

• kar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀝 (*kāṭa).^[1][1][2] Cognate with Gujarati કાડ (kāḍ), Hindustani کاڑْھ / काढ़ (kāṛh), Marathi काड (kāḍ, “straw”), Sindhi کاڙُ (kāṛu).

kar m

1. penis^[1][2][3]

• Angloromani: kor, kori, korri, kuri
  • → English: corey, cory
• → Albanian: kar

kar

1. romanization of 𒋼𒀀 (kar)

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

• IPA^(key): /kɑːr/
• Homophone: karl

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

   Synonym: badkar

• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• ark, rak

Borrowed from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French, from Latin carrus. Doublet of karo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/ [ˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: kar

kar (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔)

1. car

   Synonyms: kotse, awto, awtomobil

• “kar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

Cognate with Persian کار (kâr).

kar

1. work

From English car.

kar

1. car

• ka

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/, [ˈkʰɑɾ̞̊]

From Ottoman Turkish قار (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺 (kar, “snow”), Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

kar (definite accusative karı, plural karlar)

1. snow

• kâr
• yağmur

• “kar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

Borrowed from Persian کر (kar).

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

• karlik

From Old Frisian kere, from Proto-Germanic *kuziz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”).

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

• foarkar

• “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

• IPA^(key): /kaɹ/

kar

1. key

kar

1. (grammar) verb

• fiil