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kara.

black, dark

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/kaˈɾa/

  1. black, dark

  2. brunette

  3. dark skinned

  4. evil, wicked, villainous

    figuratively
    kara büyü

  5. courageous

    archaic · figuratively

  6. sad, woeful, dark

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قره (kara), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرَه (qara), from Proto-Turkic *kara (“dark, black”). Compare Azerbaijani qara, Gagauz kara, Turkmen gara, Uzbek qora.

noun/kaˈɾa/

  1. black

  2. slander

    figuratively

  3. north

    archaic

  4. fault, mistake

    ben karamı söylüyorum inkâr etmiyorum

  5. gendarmerie

  6. key

    Konya

  7. a black person

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قره (kara), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرَه (qara), from Proto-Turkic *kara (“dark, black”). Compare Azerbaijani qara, Gagauz kara, Turkmen gara, Uzbek qora.

noun

  1. land, field

    kara göründü!
    kara, deniz ve hava kuvvetleri
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاره (kara), from Arabic قَارَّة (qārra).

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