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Kari

Kari

See also: kari, karí, Kári, kāri, kaŗi, and karı

English

Proper noun

Kari

  1. A female given name of recent usage, from the Norwegian form of Catherine, or a variant of Carrie or Cary.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑri]

Etymology 1

Karelian form of the Russian saint's name Макарий ‎(Makarij), Макар ‎(Makar), from Ancient Greek meaning "happy", cognate to the English historical name Macarius. Also a short form of Sakari and Oskari.

  • Kari became known as a character in Juhani Aho's novel Panu (1897), at the time, like Panu and Jorma, mistaken for an ancient Finnish name.

Proper noun

Kari

  1. A male given name.
    • 1897 Juhani Aho, Panu, WSOY (1947), page 149:
      Ensi kerran, kun Kari Annikkia Panulta pyysi, sanoi Panu:—"Millä sinä, tyhjä mies, semmoisen tytön ostat?"
    • 1974 Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, ISBN 9513030156, page 167:
      —Petri, se on näitä uusia nimiä.
      —Niin on, nykyisin annetaan semmoisia Jareja ja Kareja ja Petrejä.
    • 2013 Pauliina Rauhala, Taivaslaulu, Gummerus, ISBN 9789512091287, pages 103-104:
      Miten meille voi tulla kaksi poikaa? Eihän niitä luontonimiäkään ole pojille enää jäljellä kuin Pyry, josta en tykkää kun se kuulostaa jyrinältä, ja Kari, josta varmasti seuraa epäonnea. Tai voihan niitä keksiä nykyään itsekin. Miten olisi Kuu ja Otava? Tai Heinä ja Pensas? Tai Puro ja Virta?
Declension
Inflection of Kari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kari Karit
genitive Karin Karien
partitive Karia Kareja
illative Kariin Kareihin
singular plural
nominative Kari Karit
accusative nom. Kari Karit
gen. Karin
genitive Karin Karien
partitive Karia Kareja
inessive Karissa Kareissa
elative Karista Kareista
illative Kariin Kareihin
adessive Karilla Kareilla
ablative Karilta Kareilta
allative Karille Kareille
essive Karina Kareina
translative Kariksi Kareiksi
instructive — Karein
abessive Karitta Kareitta
comitative — Kareineen
Usage notes
  • Popular in the 1950s and the 1960s. The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1954 - 1959.
Related terms

Etymology 2

From kari.

Proper noun

Kari

  1. A topographic surname​.
Declension
Inflection of Kari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kari Karit
genitive Karin Karien
partitive Karia Kareja
illative Kariin Kareihin
singular plural
nominative Kari Karit
accusative nom. Kari Karit
gen. Karin
genitive Karin Karien
partitive Karia Kareja
inessive Karissa Kareissa
elative Karista Kareista
illative Kariin Kareihin
adessive Karilla Kareilla
ablative Karilta Kareilta
allative Karille Kareille
essive Karina Kareina
translative Kariksi Kareiksi
instructive — Karein
abessive Karitta Kareitta
comitative — Kareineen

Anagrams

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

  • (old orthography) Kare

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish Christian.

Proper noun

Kari

  1. A male given name.

Related terms

References

  • Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
  • Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval contraction of Katrine ‎(“Catherine”).

Proper noun

Kari

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

  • One of the most common given names in Norway since the 17th century.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 27 761 females with the given name Kari living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

kari

kari

See also: karı, karí, kaŗi, kāri, Kari, and Kári

Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

kari n

  1. curry (mixture of ground spices)
  2. curry (dish)

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *karja. Cognate with Finnish karja.

Noun

kari ‎(genitive karja, partitive karja)

  1. cattle
  2. herd, flock
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kari. Cognate with Finnish kari.

Noun

kari ‎(genitive kari, partitive kari)

  1. reef
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Noun

kari ‎(genitive kari, partitive kari)

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Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • karistama

Fijian

Verb

kari

  1. scrape

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kari, from late Proto-Norse *skarj(a)-, cognates include English skerry and Swedish skär.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑri]

Noun

kari

  1. rock (in water)
  2. skerry (small rocky island)

Declension

Inflection of kari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kari karit
genitive karin karien
partitive karia kareja
illative kariin kareihin
singular plural
nominative kari karit
accusative nom. kari karit
gen. karin
genitive karin karien
partitive karia kareja
inessive karissa kareissa
elative karista kareista
illative kariin kareihin
adessive karilla kareilla
ablative karilta kareilta
allative karille kareille
essive karina kareina
translative kariksi kareiksi
instructive — karein
abessive karitta kareitta
comitative — kareineen

Related terms

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

kar +‎ -i

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒri]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ri

Adjective

kari (not comparable)

  1. faculty
    kari személyzet - faculty members
  2. arm
    kari véna - vein of the arm

Japanese

Romanization

kari

  1. rōmaji reading of かり
  2. rōmaji reading of カリ

Kaurna

Noun

kari

  1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

Latvian

Noun

kari m

  1. nominative plural form of karš
  2. vocative plural form of karš

Yawuru

Noun

kari

  1. grog, alcohol

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

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