कार

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ/, [käːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Borrowed from Classical Persian کار (kār), from Middle Persian kʾl (kār). Compare with Sanskrit कार (kāra, “tax”).

कार • (kār) m (Urdu spelling کار)

1. tax

   आबकार ― ābkār ― wine tax

   बिक्री-कार ― bikrī-kār ― sales tax

Borrowed from Sanskrit कार (kāra), from कृ (kṛ). Alternatively also from 'Etymology 1'.

कार • (kār) m (Urdu spelling کار)

1. action, doing

   Synonym: क्रिया (kriyā)

2. work

   Synonyms: काम (kām), कर्म (karm)

3. doer

   Synonym: कर्ता (kartā)

Borrowed from English car.

कार • (kār) f (Urdu spelling کار)

1. car

   Synonym: गाड़ी (gāṛī)

Borrowed from English car.

• IPA^(key): [kär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कार्

कार • (kār)

1. car

कार m

1. Devanagari script form of kāra (“doing”)

Vṛddhi derivative of कर (kara).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

कार • (kāra) stem, m

1. gain, prize, booty
2. contest, war
3. an act, action
4. the term used in designating a letter or sound or indeclinable word
5. effort, exertion
6. determination
7. religious austerity
8. a husband, master, lord
9. act of worship
10. song of praise
11. tax, toll, royal revenue
12. a heap of snow or a mountain covered with it
13. a song or hymn of praise
14. a battle song
15. killing, slaughter

Masculine a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारः kāraḥ	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	कारान् kārān
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

कार • (kāra) stem

1. making, doing, working
2. maker, doer
3. an author

Masculine a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारः kāraḥ	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	काराः / कारासः¹ kārāḥ / kārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारौ / कारा¹ kārau / kārā¹	कारान् kārān
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of कारी (kārī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारी kārī	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कार्यः / कारीः¹ kāryaḥ / kārīḥ¹
Vocative	कारि kāri	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कार्यः / कारीः¹ kāryaḥ / kārīḥ¹
Accusative	कारीम् kārīm	कार्यौ / कारी¹ kāryau / kārī¹	कारीः kārīḥ
Instrumental	कार्या kāryā	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभिः kārībhiḥ
Dative	कार्यै kāryai	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभ्यः kārībhyaḥ
Ablative	कार्याः / कार्यै² kāryāḥ / kāryai²	कारीभ्याम् kārībhyām	कारीभ्यः kārībhyaḥ
Genitive	कार्याः / कार्यै² kāryāḥ / kāryai²	कार्योः kāryoḥ	कारीणाम् kārīṇām
Locative	कार्याम् kāryām	कार्योः kāryoḥ	कारीषु kārīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of कार (kāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कारम् kāram	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Vocative	कार kāra	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Accusative	कारम् kāram	कारे kāre	काराणि / कारा¹ kārāṇi / kārā¹
Instrumental	कारेण kāreṇa	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारैः / कारेभिः¹ kāraiḥ / kārebhiḥ¹
Dative	काराय kārāya	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Ablative	कारात् kārāt	काराभ्याम् kārābhyām	कारेभ्यः kārebhyaḥ
Genitive	कारस्य kārasya	कारयोः kārayoḥ	काराणाम् kārāṇām
Locative	कारे kāre	कारयोः kārayoḥ	कारेषु kāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

• Monier Williams (1899) “कार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274.