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qara

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See also: qará and q'ara

Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic гара
Abjad قارا

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kara. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kara, black), Turkish kara, Chuvash хура (hura), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɑˈrɑ]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [ɡæˈræ][1][2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: qa‧ra

Adjective

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qara (comparative daha qara, superlative ən qara, intensive qapqara)

  1. black
  2. (only in combination with the verb basmaq) scary hallucination; ghost; nightmare, especially one associated with sleep paralysis
    Synonym: qara-qura
    məni qara basdıI hallucinated; I imagined something scary and unreal

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Azerbaijani · rənglər (layout · text)
          boz      qara
             qırmızı, al; tünd qırmızı              narıncı; qonur, qəhvəyi              sarı; tünd sarı
             açıq yaşıl              yaşıl              salat; tünd yaşıl
             mavi; firuzəyi              açıq göy              göy
             bənövşəyi; indiqo              çəhrayı; açıq çəhrayı              çəhrayı

References

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  1. ^ Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010) “qara”, in لغات لهجه‌ی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 96
  2. ^ Səlimi, Hüseynqulu (1976) A generative phonology of Azerbaijani (PhD)‎[1], University of Florida, page 130: “The Tabriz pronunciation for 'Fold (it)!' is not [gatda], but [gætdæ]. There are other words, too, which reflect a breach of syn-harmony in Tabriz speech, as in [gæræ] < /gara/ gara 'black', etc.”

Crimean Tatar

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Adjective

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qara

  1. black

Verb

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qara (Northern dialect)

(imperative; singular; second)

  1. to look at
  2. to consider
  3. to seek, to query
  4. to care, to be in charge of

Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kara

Adjective

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qara

  1. black

References

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  • Gulayhan Aqtay, Henryk Jankowski (2015) A Crimean Karaim-English Dictionary, page 290

Karakalpak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑˈrɑ]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧ra

Adjective

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qara

  1. black

Antonyms

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Khalaj

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Perso-Arabic قارا

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kara.

Pronunciation

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  • (Mansûrâbâdî, Talxâbî) IPA(key): [ɢ̥ɒɾa]
  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [qaɾa]

Adjective

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qara

  1. black
    Antonym: hürün

Noun

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qara (definite accusative qarañ, plural qaralar)

  1. nightmare

Declension

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Declension of qara
singular plural
nominative qara qaralar
genitive qarañ qaralarııñ
dative qaraqa qaralarqa
definite accusative qarañ qaraları
locative qaraça qaralarça
ablative qarada qaralarda
instrumental qarala qaralarla
equative qaravâra qaralarvâra

Derived terms

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qara (imperfect jaqra, past participle moqri, verbal noun qari)

  1. to read
  2. to size up

Conjugation

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Conjugation of qara
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qrajt qrajt qara qrajna qrajtu qraw
f qrat
imperfect m naqra taqra jaqra naqraw taqraw jaqraw
f taqra
imperative aqra aqraw

Quechua

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Noun

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qara

  1. skin, leather, bark, peel, hide
  2. agave, maguey; Agave americana

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with q'ara.

Declension

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Declension of qara
singular plural
nominative qara qarakuna
accusative qarata qarakunata
dative qaraman qarakunaman
genitive qarap qarakunap
locative qarapi qarakunapi
terminative qarakama qarakunakama
ablative qaramanta qarakunamanta
instrumental qarawan qarakunawan
comitative qarantin qarakunantin
abessive qarannaq qarakunannaq
comparative qarahina qarakunahina
causative qararayku qarakunarayku
benefactive qarapaq qarakunapaq
associative qarapura qarakunapura
distributive qaranka qarakunanka
exclusive qaralla qarakunalla
Possessive forms of qara
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative qaray qaraykuna
accusative qarayta qaraykunata
dative qarayman qaraykunaman
genitive qaraypa qaraykunap
locative qaraypi qaraykunapi
terminative qaraykama qaraykunakama
ablative qaraymanta qaraykunamanta
instrumental qaraywan qaraykunawan
comitative qaraynintin qaraykunantin
abessive qarayninnaq qaraykunannaq
comparative qarayhina qaraykunahina
causative qarayrayku qaraykunarayku
benefactive qaraypaq qaraykunapaq
associative qaraypura qaraykunapura
distributive qarayninka qaraykunanka
exclusive qaraylla qaraykunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative qaran qarankuna
accusative qaranta qarankunata
dative qaranman qarankunaman
genitive qaranpa qarankunap
locative qaranpi qarankunapi
terminative qarankama qarankunakama
ablative qaranmanta qarankunamanta
instrumental qaranwan qarankunawan
comitative qaranintin qarankunantin
abessive qaranninnaq qarankunannaq
comparative qaranhina qarankunahina
causative qaranrayku qarankunarayku
benefactive qaranpaq qarankunapaq
associative qaranpura qarankunapura
distributive qaraninka qarankunanka
exclusive qaranlla qarankunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative qarayku qaraykukuna
accusative qaraykuta qaraykukunata
dative qaraykuman qaraykukunaman
genitive qaraykupa qaraykukunap
locative qaraykupi qaraykukunapi
terminative qaraykukama qaraykukunakama
ablative qaraykumanta qaraykukunamanta
instrumental qaraykuwan qaraykukunawan
comitative qaraykuntin qaraykukunantin
abessive qaraykunnaq qaraykukunannaq
comparative qaraykuhina qaraykukunahina
causative qaraykurayku qaraykukunarayku
benefactive qaraykupaq qaraykukunapaq
associative qaraykupura qaraykukunapura
distributive qaraykunka qaraykukunanka
exclusive qaraykulla qaraykukunalla

Tatar

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Adjective

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qara

  1. Latin spelling of кара (qara, black)