"cara" meaning in Pali

See cara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} cara m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], caro [nominative, singular], carā [nominative, plural], caraṃ [accusative, singular], care [accusative, plural], carena [instrumental, singular], carehi [instrumental, plural], carebhi [instrumental, plural], carassa [dative, singular], carāya [dative, singular], caratthaṃ [dative, singular], carānaṃ [dative, plural], carasmā [ablative, singular], caramhā [ablative, singular], carā [ablative, singular], carehi [ablative, plural], carebhi [ablative, plural], carassa [genitive, singular], carānaṃ [genitive, plural], carasmiṃ [locative, singular], caramhi [locative, singular], care [locative, singular], caresu [locative, plural], cara [singular, vocative], carā [plural, vocative]
  1. act of walking about, act of frequenting Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cara-pi-noun-VQc5qJmd Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali verb forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 20 19 Disambiguation of Pali verb forms in Latin script: 28 28 24 20
  2. one who walks about, one who frequents Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cara-pi-noun-ocn3SeHN Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali verb forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 20 19 Disambiguation of Pali verb forms in Latin script: 28 28 24 20
  3. messenger, spy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cara-pi-noun-vyPr-R1K Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali verb forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 20 19 Disambiguation of Pali verb forms in Latin script: 28 28 24 20

Verb

Head templates: {{head|pi|verb form|sccat=1|tr=-}} cara, {{pi-verb form}} cara
  1. second-person singular imperative active of carati (“to walk”) Tags: active, form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: carati (extra: to walk)
    Sense id: en-cara-pi-verb-Q52ukMdR Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header, Pali verb forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 20 19 Disambiguation of Pali verb forms in Latin script: 28 28 24 20

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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