different between kam vs kar

English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kambos; compare jamb and Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish cam.

Adjective

kam (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) crooked, awry

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese kam.

Adjective

kam (comparative more kam, superlative most kam)

1. (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
2. (colloquial) awkward

Anagrams

• AMK, KMA, Mak, ma'k, mak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam (plural kamme)

1. comb

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?m]

Noun

kam (Kana spelling ??)

1. flesh, meat

Albanian

Etymology

Suppletive. The aorist and participle are from Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *poti-o-, cognate with Latin potior (“to have a share in, take possession of”). The other forms are from Proto-Albanian *kapmi, from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to seize, to grasp”), cognate with Latin capi? (“take, seize”), and akin to Proto-Germanic *habjan? (“to have, to hold”) (whence English have, German haben (“to have”), Gothic ???????????????????? (haban, “to have”)). Cf. also Romanian am (“I have”), first-person singular indicative form of avea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kam]

Verb

kam (first-person singular past tense pata, participle pasur)

1. I have
2. (impersonal, third person) There is

Conjugation

• active voice

Related terms

• kap

References

Angloromani

Alternative forms

• kan, tam

Etymology

From Romani kham, from Sanskrit ???? (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?æm], [?cæm]

Noun

kam

1. sun

References

• “kam” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Chinese

Etymology

Romanisation of ? or ?.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kam (Cantonese)

1. (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
2. (colloquial) awkward

Descendants

• ? English: kam

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech kamo, from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adverb

kam

1. where, whither (to what place)

Antonyms

• odkud

Further reading

• kam in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kam in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, Norwegian, Swedish kam, English comb, German Kamm. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os (“tooth, peg”), which is also the source of Sanskrit: ????? (jámbha?, “tooth”), Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos, “peg”), Polish z?b (“tooth”).

Noun

kam c (singular definite kammen, plural indefinite kamme)

1. comb
2. crest (of an animal)
3. loin, back (of a butchered animal)
4. ridge (of a mountain)

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “kam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kamp, from Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

1. A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
2. (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
3. (technical) A cam
4. bridge (e.g. of a violin)

Derived terms

• kamband n
• kamblad n
• kambuisje n, kametui n
• kamdoos
• kamdoublet n
• kamdrager
• kamduiker
• kamduin
• kamhaak
• kamgaren n
• kamgras n
• kamhaak
• kamhout n
• kamkever
• kammeling
• kammen
• kammer m
• kammig (also -kammig in compounds)
• kammug
• kamneus
• kamoester
• kamplaat
• kamrad n
• kamreep
• kamschede
• kamschelp
• kamslager
• kamvaren
• kamsel n
• kamvaren
• kamwiel n
• (comb types by use) haarkam, paardekam, roskam
• stofkam

Verb

kam

1. first-person singular present indicative of kammen
2. imperative of kammen

Anagrams

• mak

Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese ??? (kam).

Noun

kam

1. work

Derived terms

• kam ka·a

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?m]

Verb

kam

1. first/third-person singular indicative past of kommen

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quam. The initial qu was changed to k so not to cause confusion the word with quan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adverb

kam

1. than, as, to (in comparison)

See also

• tam

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m gen. kamienia

1. A stone, rock, boulder
2. A shoal, reef (above or below water)

Latvian

Pronoun

kam

1. dative form of kas

Lithuanian

Pronoun

kam m

1. (pejorative) (interrogative) why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)

   O kam tau to reikia?

   And why do you barely need this?

Synonyms

• (why) kod?l
• (why) d?l ko

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (kam).

Noun

kam ?

1. threshing sledge, threshing board

   Synonyms: cencer, patoz

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammer, definite plural kammene)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• fjellkam
• kamaksel
• åskam

References

• “kam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr. Akin to English comb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?/

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammar, definite plural kammane)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• fjellkam
• kamaksel
• åskam

References

• “kam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Phalura

Etymology

From Urdu ??? (kam), from Persian ??? (kam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adjective

kam (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling ??)

1. less
2. inferior

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâ?m/

Noun

k?m m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (poetic) stone, rock

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Adverb

kam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Kajkavian) where (to), in which direction, whither

Synonyms

• kamo

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr, cognate with Danish kam and Dutch kam.

That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os (“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam?bas, Old Church Slavonic ???? (z?b?, “tooth”), Russian ??? (zub, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/, IPA^(key): [k?am]

Noun

kam c

1. a comb for grooming hair
2. a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
3. a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
4. a crest, ridge of a wave
5. a cam, a part of an engine

Declension

Derived terms

• bergskam (mountain ridge)
• vågkam (wave ridge)

Related terms

• kamma

References

Anagrams

• mak

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English come

Noun

kam

1. come

Yogad

Pronoun

kam

1. you (plural)

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• kom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cam/

Pronoun

kam

1. who

English

Noun

kar (plural kars)

1. (marketing, in product names) Deliberate misspelling of car.
   • 1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, page 26:

     In the fifties the need for a Klown vehicle was evident and a King Midget Frame was acquired and a Klown Kar was added.

Anagrams

• AKR, Ark, Ark., RAK, RKA, ark, kra

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kar, from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar (plural karre, diminutive karretjie)

1. cart
2. car, automobile

Synonyms

• wa

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Romani kar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?]
• IPA^(key): [ka?] (Gheg)

Noun

kar m (indefinite plural kar, definite singular kari, definite plural karet)

1. (anatomy) penis
2. (slang, vulgar) cock, dick

Declension

Derived terms

• karuc m (diminutive)

Synonyms

• penis m (chiefly formal)
• bile m
• luc m (childish)
• karuc m (colloquial, slightly vulgar, diminutive)
• dërrasë f (vulgar)
• hu m (vulgar)

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative daha kar, superlative ?n kar)

1. deaf
2. (phonetics, of a consonant) voiceless

Antonyms

• (of a consonant): cingiltili

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kar, from Proto-Celtic *karants.

Noun

kar m (plural kerent)

1. relative

Mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kar

1. Hard mutation of gar.

Mutation

Chuukese

Adjective

kar

1. hot

Czech

Noun

kar m

1. cirque

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [k??]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

kar n (singular definite karret, plural indefinite kar)

1. vessel
2. trough

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r/
• Hyphenation: kar
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

kar f (plural karren, diminutive karretje n)

1. A cart.
2. Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car or truck.

Derived terms

• golfkar
• handkar
• hondenkar
• huifkar
• karren
• karrenvracht
• ossenkar
• racekar
• sleepkar
• steekkar
• strijdkar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kar

Elfdalian

Noun

kar n

1. tub, bathtub

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?r]
• Rhymes: -?r

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. arm (upper limb of a human or animal)
3. lever (a rod with one end fixed, which can be pulled to trigger or control a mechanical device)
4. crank (bent piece of an axle used to impart a rotation to a mechanical device)
5. (only with the suffix -ban (“in”), often preceded by jó (“good”) or rossz (“bad”)) condition (the state or quality; the health status of a medical patient)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin chorus.

Noun

kar (plural karok)

2. faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities; usually preceded by the adjective denoting the members, e.g. tanári kar (“teaching staff”))
3. faculty (department at a university, e.g. that of arts, science, or law)

   Meronym: tanszék

4. a group of people performing together (choir, chorus, chorus line, ensemble, etc.)

   Hyponyms: énekkar, tánckar, zenekar

Declension

Derived terms

Usage notes

These two nouns are almost completely homonymous except for the third person single-object possessive forms and all multiple-object possessive forms, the first one (with the sense "arm") having an extra -j- between the root and the possessive ending.

Further reading

• (arm, lever): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (faculty; ensemble): kar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a?r/
• Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker. Doublet of ker. Cognate with Swedish kar.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. tub

Declension

Derived terms

• baðkar

Etymology 2

From English car.

Noun

kar n (genitive singular kars, nominative plural kör)

1. (colloquial, North America) car, automobile

Declension

Synonyms

• bíll

Related terms

• (colloquial, North American) strítkar (“streetcar”)

K'iche'

Noun

kar

1. fish

Latvian

Verb

kar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of k?rt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of k?rt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of k?rt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of k?rt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of k?rt

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

kar

1. they

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kar m

1. work, labor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karer, definite plural karene)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man

Usage notes

• Between 1938 and 1983, kara was a co-standard definite plural form. The form is now considered dialectal. This morphological peculiarity was shared with a choice other masculine nouns: gamp, gutt, hest, and tupp.

Derived terms

• ågerkar

Etymology 2

From Danish kar, from Old Norse ker, in the sense of blood vessels influenced by Latin vas

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara or karene)

1. a container, vessel, tub, vat
2. a (fish) trap (e.g. for salmon)
3. a pier (for a bridge)
4. a vessel, artery, tube in a body or plant

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar
• brokar

References

• “kar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kar_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kar_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kall.

Noun

kar m (definite singular karen, indefinite plural karar, definite plural karane)

1. a bloke, chap, fellow, guy, man
2. Synonyms: fyr, mann, type

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?. Doublet of kjer.

Noun

kar n (definite singular karet, indefinite plural kar, definite plural kara)

1. a vessel, tub (container of liquid or other substance)

Derived terms

• badekar
• blodkar

References

• “kar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ark, kra, rak

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar/

Noun

kar f

1. genitive plural of kara

Noun

kar n

1. genitive plural of karo

Romani

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar m (plural kara)

1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

• ? Albanian: kar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ker, from Proto-Germanic *kaz?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r/
• Homophone: karl

Noun

kar n

1. tub
2. bathtub

Declension

Synonyms

• (bathtub): badkar

Anagrams

• ark, rak

References

• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English car.

Noun

kar

1. car

Synonyms

• ka

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (“snow”), from Old Turkic ????????? (kar, “snow”), from Proto-Turkic *k?r, *Ki?r (“snow”). Compare Proto-Mongolic *karig (“strong coldness”).

Noun

kar (definite accusative kar?, plural karlar)

1. snow

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kâr
• ya?mur

Further reading

• kar in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Verb

kar

1. second-person singular imperative of karmak

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ??? (kar).

Adjective

kar (comparative karroq, superlative eng kar)

1. deaf

Derived terms

• karlik

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kar c (plural karren)

1. choice

Derived terms

• foarkar

Further reading

• “kar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zazaki

Noun

kar

1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

• fiil