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kharā

khara

masc nom pl of khara (adj); fem nom sg of khara (adj); fem nom pl of khara (adj); nt nom pl of khara (adj); …

1. rough; hard; harsh; painful
2. hard; solid
3. name of a daemon; lit. rough
4. (of a sound) rough; harsh; discordant; dissonant

Built from

• khar — root · scrape, rough
  From √khar- (to scrape or wear away). The image is tactile damage or abrasion; cognate with Sanskrit khara and Greek charax (scratch, furrow).
• a — ending · masculine/neuter nominative marker
  The -a ending marks singular masculine and neuter nominative or plural neuter nominative across Pali adjectives.

Etymology. Root √khar- (to scrape, scratch); cognate with Sanskrit khara (rough, hard), Greek kharaxai (to scrape, engrave), Latin carere (to lack, be without — the sense of being worn down). The concrete image is of a surface worn or scraped raw, hence rough to touch and harsh to sense.

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

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