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care

cara

masc acc pl of cara (adj); nt acc pl of cara (adj); masc loc sg of cara (adj); nt loc sg of cara (adj); …

1. cara (adj): walking; going; roaming; living; lit. going around
2. cara (masc): spy; lit. going around
3. carati (pr): walks; wanders; goes around; travels; fares on
4. carati (pr): acts; practices; performs; does
5. carati (pr): lives; leads (one's life); conducts oneself
6. carati (pr): (of cattle) grazes (in)
7. care (opt): should go about; should lead (one's life); should conduct oneself
8. care (opt): should go (among); should walk (in)

Etymology. √car + a; from √car 'move, walk'; Sanskrit cara [car]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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