khara

Old High German

Verb

khara (Upper German, Alemannic, Bavarian)

1. alternative form of chara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खर (khara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: kara, kāra, khara
• Hyphenation: kha‧ra

Adjective

khara

1. hard, harsh
2. sharp
3. acid;
4. hot
5. hurtful
6. injurious

Alternative forms

• kara

Derived terms

• tan kara

Noun

khara

1. donkey

Further reading

• "khara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀔𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• खर (Devanagari script)
• খর (Bengali script)
• ඛර (Sinhalese script)
• ခရ or ၶရ (Burmese script)
• ขร or ขะระ (Thai script)
• ᨡᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຣ or ຂະຣະ (Lao script)
• ខរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit खर (khara).

Noun

khara m

1. donkey

Declension

Declension table of "khara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kharo	kharā
Accusative (second)	kharaṃ	khare
Instrumental (third)	kharena	kharehi or kharebhi
Dative (fourth)	kharassa or kharāya or kharatthaṃ	kharānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kharasmā or kharamhā or kharā	kharehi or kharebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kharassa	kharānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kharasmiṃ or kharamhi or khare	kharesu
Vocative (calling)	khara	kharā

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षर n (kṣara, “water”).

Noun

khara gender unattested

1. water

Usage notes

Only attested as the first element of compounds. While it was probably neuter as in Sanskrit, it may also have been masculine, as in क्षर m (kṣara, “cloud”).

Declension

Declension table of "khara"

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)
Accusative (second)	kharaṃ
Instrumental (third)	kharena
Dative (fourth)	kharassa or kharāya or kharatthaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kharasmā or kharamhā or kharā
Genitive (sixth)	kharassa
Locative (seventh)	kharasmiṃ or kharamhi or khare
Vocative (calling)	khara

Derived terms

• kharakkhaṇḍa n (“water-lily”)