kara

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noun

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

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Lemakot
OriginPunjabi ਕੜਾ →
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Meanings

kara1

nounkara (plural karas)

plural karas

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

Kara2

proper noun
  1. A female given name.

Kara3

proper noun
  1. A surname from Hindi.

Kara4

proper noun
  1. A Papua New Guinean language.

    Synonyms: Lemakot

Kara5

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA Papua New Guinean language.

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Lemakot

Origin

kara · noun

  1. Punjabiਕੜਾ
  2. Englishkara

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

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Kara · proper noun

Variant of Cara.

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Kara · proper noun

  1. Middle Chinese伽倻
  2. Korean加耶
  3. EnglishKara

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.

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Kara · proper noun

  1. Tamilகர
  2. Tamilகர
  3. EnglishKara

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

kara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kara

MLA

“kara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kara. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kara.

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