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cāra

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Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit चार (cāra, travelling; bait, trap).

Noun

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cāra

  1. spy
  2. messenger, emissary
Descendants
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  • > Javanese: ꦕꦫ (cara) (inherited)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cāra

  1. Alternative spelling of cara, cāra, ācāra

Further reading

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  • "cāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Formed on the root car of carati (to move about).

Noun

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cāra m

  1. motion
  2. action, behaviour

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead