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"raw_tags": [
"inherited",
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"word": "cara"
},
{
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"lang_code": "pea",
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],
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}
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"2": "sa",
"3": "आचार",
"t": "behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "sa",
"3": "चर्",
"t": "to move, to practice"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "fa",
"3": "چاره",
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},
"expansion": "Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "چارا",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "cara-cara",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cara²",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"j": "چارا"
},
"expansion": "cara (Jawi spelling چارا, plural cara-cara or cara²)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "ms",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "78 22",
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"name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "kecaraan"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "secara"
}
],
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"manner, means, method, way"
],
"id": "en-cara-ms-noun-Ex1Yqbr4",
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"manner",
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],
[
"means",
"means"
],
[
"method",
"method"
],
[
"way",
"way"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"style, fashion"
],
"id": "en-cara-ms-noun-vqX-4XGA",
"links": [
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"style",
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],
[
"fashion",
"fashion"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃara/",
"note": "schwa-variety"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ra]",
"note": "schwa-variety"
},
{
"rhymes": "-arə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-rə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃara/",
"note": "Literary Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ra]",
"note": "Literary Standard"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ara"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ra"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "cara"
}
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"Malay entries with incorrect language header",
"Malay lemmas",
"Malay nouns",
"Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
"Malay terms derived from Persian",
"Malay terms derived from Sanskrit",
"Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 27 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Malay/a",
"Rhymes:Malay/a/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/ara",
"Rhymes:Malay/ara/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/arə",
"Rhymes:Malay/arə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/ra",
"Rhymes:Malay/ra/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/rə",
"Rhymes:Malay/rə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Malay/ə",
"Rhymes:Malay/ə/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "kecaraan"
},
{
"sense": "Affixations",
"word": "secara"
}
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"word": "cara"
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{
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"lang_code": "pea",
"raw_tags": [
"inherited",
"inherited"
],
"word": "tjara"
}
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{
"args": {
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"2": "sa",
"3": "आचार",
"t": "behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "sa",
"3": "चर्",
"t": "to move, to practice"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "fa",
"3": "چاره",
"t": "remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode",
"tr": "čâra"
},
"expansion": "Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”).\nAlternatively, from Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "چارا",
"tags": [
"Jawi"
]
},
{
"form": "cara-cara",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cara²",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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}
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"manner, means, method, way"
],
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[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"means",
"means"
],
[
"method",
"method"
],
[
"way",
"way"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"style, fashion"
],
"links": [
[
"style",
"style"
],
[
"fashion",
"fashion"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃara/",
"note": "schwa-variety"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ra]",
"note": "schwa-variety"
},
{
"rhymes": "-arə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-rə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ə"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃara/",
"note": "Literary Standard"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ra]",
"note": "Literary Standard"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ara"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ra"
},
{
"rhymes": "-a"
}
],
"word": "cara"
}
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