"Karen" meaning in English

See Karen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkæɹən/ [UK], /ˈkæɹən/ [US], /ˈkɛɹən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Karen.wav [Southern-England], en-us-Karen.mp3 [General-American]
Rhymes: -æɹən, -ɛɹən, -ɛə(ɹ)n Etymology: From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|Karen}} Danish Karen Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Karen
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Languages, People Categories (place): Myanmar Synonyms: Caren, Caron, Caryn, Karyn Translations (female given name): Karin (French), Carin (French), Carine (French), Karine (French), Karyne (French), Κάρεν (Káren) (Greek), ⁧קֶרֶן⁩ (Kéren) [feminine] (Hebrew), कॅरेन (kĕren) [feminine] (Marathi), Karen [feminine] (Portuguese), Ка́рен (Kárɛn) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of Languages: 46 2 15 13 11 2 2 9 Disambiguation of People: 14 18 22 23 3 5 7 9 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 49 0 3 3 21 0 1 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: table From Parthian ⁧𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉⁩ (krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/), from Old Iranian. The Armenian name is from Armenian Կարեն (Karen), from the same Parthian name. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|male name}} table, {{bor|en|xpr|𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉|tr=krny|ts=Kārēn}} Parthian ⁧𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉⁩ (krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/), {{der|en|ira-old|*kar-ina-}} Old Iranian, {{bor|en|hy|Կարեն}} Armenian Կարեն (Karen) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Karen
  1. (historical) One of the seven great Parthian feudal families. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Translations (one of the seven great Parthian feudal families): Καρανος (Karanos) (Ancient Greek), Carenes (Latin), ⁧𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭭𐭩⁩ (kʾlny) (Middle Persian), Կարենի պահլաւ (Kareni pahlaw) (Old Armenian), ⁧𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉⁩ (alt: krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/) (Parthian), ⁧قارن⁩ (qâran) (Persian), ⁧کارن⁩ (kâren) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-name-WqwbHBZs Disambiguation of People: 14 18 22 23 3 5 7 9 Disambiguation of 'one of the seven great Parthian feudal families': 97 3
  2. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Կարեն (Karen). Categories (topical): English renderings of Armenian male given names, People Synonyms: Karin, Karen-Pahlav, Karen-Pahlaw, Garen (english: from Western Armenian), Kārēn (english: from Middle Iranian), Qarin, Qārin (english: from Arabic), Kārin (english: from New Iranian) Translations (Armenian male given name): Կարեն (english: Karen) (Armenian), Կարէն (Karēn) (Old Armenian), ⁧کارن⁩ (kâren) (Persian), Каре́н (Karén) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-name-llBuDW2a Disambiguation of People: 14 18 22 23 3 5 7 9 Disambiguation of 'Armenian male given name': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /kəˈɹɛn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Karen2.wav [Southern-England], Karen (ethnolinguistic group) pronunciation.mp3 [Canada]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကရင်}} Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Karen
  1. A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: Black Karen, Karenic, Red Karen, White Karen Translations (group of languages): 克倫語 (Chinese Mandarin), 克伦语 (kèlúnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kareni (Finnish), karen (French), ကညီ (ka nyaw) (S'gaw Karen)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-name-aAObU~NJ Disambiguation of People: 14 18 22 23 3 5 7 9 Disambiguation of 'group of languages': 84 16
  2. Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”).
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-name-pAq-6Avf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæɹən/ [UK], /ˈkæɹən/ [US], /ˈkɛɹən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Karen.wav [Southern-England], en-us-Karen.mp3 [General-American] Forms: Karens [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹən, -ɛɹən, -ɛə(ɹ)n Etymology: From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|Karen}} Danish Karen Head templates: {{en-noun}} Karen (plural Karens)
  1. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-noun-lIgg~cpN Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
  2. (by extension, derogatory) Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement. Tags: broadly, derogatory Translations (stereotypical woman): mak cik kiah (Malay), Karyna [feminine] (Polish), хабалка (khabalka) [feminine] (Russian), тупая пизда (tupaya pizda) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-noun-qdGzT6Bz Disambiguation of 'stereotypical woman': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Karen haircut, Karenhood, Karenicity, Karenism, Qaren (english: a female QAnon supporter), Space Karen (alt: pejorative nickname for Elon Musk) Related terms: gammon, Darren, Miss Ann
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹɛn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Karen2.wav [Southern-England], Karen (ethnolinguistic group) pronunciation.mp3 [Canada] Forms: Karens [plural], Karen [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ကရင်}} Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Karen}} Karen (plural Karens or Karen)
  1. A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand. Synonyms: Kayin Translations (member of an ethnic group): ကရင် (ka.rang) (Burmese), 克倫人 (Chinese Mandarin), 克伦人 (kèlúnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 克伦人 (kèlúnrén) (english: Karen person) (Chinese Mandarin), 克倫族 (Chinese Mandarin), 克伦族 (kèlúnzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 克伦族 (kèlúnzú) (english: Karen people) (Chinese Mandarin), kareni (Finnish), karen (French), ကရေင် (Mon), ကညီ (ka nyaw) (S'gaw Karen), กะเหรี่ยง (gà-rìiang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-Karen-en-noun-en:ethnic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!"
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      "english": "a female QAnon supporter",
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          "text": "“I pull out the dog treats I carry for just for such intransigence,” he wrote. “That’s when I started video recording with my iPhone, and when her inner Karen fully emerged and took a dark turn,” he said, using the name that has become slang for an entitled white woman.",
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          "ref": "2024-02-02, Alaina Demopoulos, quoting Jeremy, “‘I’m annoying, to some degree’: New York’s dog owners debate Chloë Sevigny’s anti-pup take”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "“If I lived Chloe’s life, where she was walking around with other wealthy people basically being upper-class Karens having a fit when their dogs aren’t allowed at yoga, then I might understand,” he said.",
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          "text": "2021 Adam Korson as Phil Orley in \"Ft. Ghost Child\", episode five of SurrealEstate\nThe organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere."
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          "_dis1": "43 57",
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          "sense": "stereotypical woman",
          "word": "mak cik kiah"
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          "roman": "tupaya pizda",
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        {
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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        },
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        },
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        }
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 16",
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
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        ]
      ]
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    "en:Myanmar",
    "en:People"
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      "args": {
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          "ref": "1878 Celia Thaxter, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 (\"Karen\")",
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        },
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          "ref": "1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹən/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹən/",
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      "rhymes": "-æɹən"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛɹən"
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      "homophone": "caring (weak vowel merger, G-dropping)"
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      "word": "Caren"
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    {
      "word": "Caron"
    },
    {
      "word": "Caryn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karyn"
    }
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Karin"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "Carin"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "Carine"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "Karine"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Κάρεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "female given name",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קֶרֶן⁩"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kĕren",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "कॅरेन"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "Karen"
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      "word": "Ка́рен"
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}

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      "word": "Karen haircut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karenhood"
    },
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      "word": "Karenicity"
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      "word": "Karenism"
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      "word": "Qaren"
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      "alt": "pejorative nickname for Elon Musk",
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    }
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      "expansion": "Danish Karen",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "Karens",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "gammon"
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      "word": "Darren"
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      "word": "Miss Ann"
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        {
          "ref": "May 26, 2020, Sarah Maslin Nir, quoting Christian Cooper, “White Woman Is Fired After Calling Police on Black Man in Central Park”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "“I pull out the dog treats I carry for just for such intransigence,” he wrote. “That’s when I started video recording with my iPhone, and when her inner Karen fully emerged and took a dark turn,” he said, using the name that has become slang for an entitled white woman.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020-12-27, Julia Carrie Wong, “The year of Karen: how a meme changed the way Americans talked about racism”, in The Guardian",
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        },
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          "ref": "2024-02-02, Alaina Demopoulos, quoting Jeremy, “‘I’m annoying, to some degree’: New York’s dog owners debate Chloë Sevigny’s anti-pup take”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "“If I lived Chloe’s life, where she was walking around with other wealthy people basically being upper-class Karens having a fit when their dogs aren’t allowed at yoga, then I might understand,” he said.",
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          "woman",
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          "entitlement",
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          "text": "This Karen threatened to get me fired if I didn't give her a free meal.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "2021 Adam Korson as Phil Orley in \"Ft. Ghost Child\", episode five of SurrealEstate\nThe organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere."
        }
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
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          "entitlement",
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        "(by extension, derogatory) Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement."
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        "broadly",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɹən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹən"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹən"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)n"
    },
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      "homophone": "caron"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "caring (weak vowel merger, G-dropping)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cairn"
    },
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      "homophone": "carn (some American accents)"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Karen.mp3",
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        "General-American"
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    {
      "word": "Caren"
    },
    {
      "word": "Caron"
    },
    {
      "word": "Caryn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karyn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "stereotypical woman",
      "word": "mak cik kiah"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stereotypical woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Karyna"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хабалка"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tupaya pizda",
      "sense": "stereotypical woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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    "BBC"
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  "word": "Karen"
}

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        "historical"
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      "word": "Karen-Pahlaw"
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      "english": "from Western Armenian",
      "word": "Garen"
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      "english": "from Middle Iranian",
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      "word": "Qarin"
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      "english": "from Arabic",
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      "word": "Karin"
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      "code": "grc",
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    },
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      "code": "pal",
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    },
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    },
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      "sense": "one of the seven great Parthian feudal families",
      "word": "⁧𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qâran",
      "sense": "one of the seven great Parthian feudal families",
      "word": "⁧قارن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâren",
      "sense": "one of the seven great Parthian feudal families",
      "word": "⁧کارن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Karen",
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      "sense": "Armenian male given name",
      "word": "Կարեն"
    },
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      "code": "xcl",
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      "word": "Կարէն"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "Armenian male given name",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "Armenian male given name",
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "Karens",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "Karen",
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          "ref": "2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303",
          "text": "There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.",
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        {
          "word": "Kayin"
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        "Canada"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "ka.rang",
      "sense": "member of an ethnic group",
      "word": "ကရင်"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "member of an ethnic group",
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    },
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      "sense": "member of an ethnic group",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ကရေင်"
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      "lang": "S'gaw Karen",
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "gà-rìiang",
      "sense": "member of an ethnic group",
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    }
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}

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      "word": "Black Karen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Karenic"
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      "word": "Red Karen"
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    {
      "word": "White Karen"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic."
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        [
          "Sino-Tibetan",
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      "glosses": [
        "Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”)."
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      "links": [
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          "Kayin",
          "Kayin#English"
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    },
    {
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        "Canada"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "group of languages",
      "word": "克倫語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kèlúnyǔ",
      "sense": "group of languages",
      "word": "克伦语"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of languages",
      "word": "kareni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of languages",
      "word": "karen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ksw",
      "lang": "S'gaw Karen",
      "roman": "ka nyaw",
      "sense": "group of languages",
      "word": "ကညီ"
    }
  ],
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}

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