Sinhalese chara (58)
According to Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary, Sinhalese word chara refers to a “spy, secret emissary or agent, planet Mars, game similar to backgammon, and wag-tail.” It is an offshoot of the Tamil root kaṭu (movement) through the transformation of kaṭu (movement) > kar > car > cara > chara. The following words, related to Sinhalese chara, also originate from Tamil kaṭu (movement).
charaka, “spy or secret emissary; name of a treatise upon medicine, as well as the name of the author.” charaṇa, “foot; root of a tree; race or family; fixed or instituted observance; peculiarity of condition or conduct implied by the English word hood, as manhood, priesthood; the fourth part of a stanza; (past participle) wandering, roaming, going about.” charapurushayá, “spy, secret emissary; guide.” charáchara, “movable and immovable, shaking, trembling; the world.” charitra, “instituted and peculiar observance or conduct; observance, custom, mode.” charita, “fixed institute, proper or peculiar observance; mode, manner, condition.” charishṇu, “movable, locomotive.” chára, “going, motion; spy, secret agent or emissary; fetter; prison; tree, Buchanania latifolia; wandering about, travelling; morality.” chárikáwa, “wandering, going about, moving, travelling.” cháritraya, “practice, observance; custom, peculiarity of custom or condition, fit or proper action.” khéchara, “(in heaven or atmosphere, who goes) name of Ṣiva; kind of demigods; magical pills, by putting one of which into the mouth a person has the power of flying to heaven; sun; wind; moon; general name for a planet, star; arrow; bird; perspiration; cloud.” bhiksháchara, “(food, to go) mendicant, beggar, Buddhist priest.” bhiksháchára, “(áchára going) begging, asking alms, practice of a mendicant Buddhist priest, going about to ask alms for his support.” wanechara, “(in forest, who goes) forester, one of a savage tribe inhabiting woods, satyr, imp, demon; robber.” wanachara, “(forest, who goes) wild man; vẹddá, one living in a forest, hunter; savage, barbarian; robber, highway man, savage, uncivilized.” wanacharayá, “savage man, barbarian, forester.” góchara, “object of sense (extended meaning of chara); shape; sound; colour, country, district; food, feeding, provender.” gojura, “food, feeding, provender, (plural) gojuru.” godura, “food; prey, plunder, Elu form of góchara.” duṣchara, “(dur bad, going) going with trouble or difficulty; bivalve shell; sin, bad or vicious conduct, vile ways, wicked life.” duṣcharita, “(dur bad, mode of life) sin, wickedness; evil conduct.” sirita, “custom, traditionary practice or observance, (plural) sirit.” sahachara, “(with, to go) companion, contemporary, accompanying, associating with.” saramin, “going.” sẹrisara, “motion, going, proceeding.” sẹrisarṇawá, “to walk about, to traverse; to walk for pleasure or amusement, to transmigrate, (preterit) sẹrisẹruwá.” sẹrum, see sẹrisara. sẹra, “swift, expeditious, quick; strong; powerful; going, moving.” sẹramiṭiya, “walking stick.” sẹraya, “quickness, speed, velocity; energy, determination, promptitude; arrow; time, occasion, (plural) sẹra.” sẹrayaṭiya, “(walking, stick) walking stick, staf, crook, (plural) sẹrayaṭi.” anuchara, “(with, going) companion, follower.” ácharaṇa, “walking.” ácharita, “trained, used, observed.” áchára, “established rule of conduct, ordinance, institute; precept; (commonly) a salutation.” áchárawantayá, “well-behaved man.” ácháraya, “salutation.” áchárinwahansé, “teacher, preceptor.” ẹjara, “master, teacher.” ẹdurá and ẹduru, “teacher; messenger; (plural) ẹduró.” uchcháraṇaya, “utterance; pronunciation.” uchcháraṇaya-karaṇawá, “to confess, to pronounce.” upachara, see upachára. upacharita, “served, ministered to.” upachára, “(well or near, chara to go) being or living near to; practice, profession, usage, service, assistance; present, bribe; practice of physic; ellipsis.” vicharaṇa, “(before, chara to go) going, walking, proceeding.” vichára, “(severally, chara to go) exercise of judgment or reason on a present object, investigation, consideration, deliberation.” vicháraṇa, “exercise of judgment or decision after due examination and discussion.” vicháraṇawá, “to discuss, to investigate, to inquire into (preterit) vichálá or vichẹ́ruwá.” vichárima, “investigation, research; verbal noun of vicháraṇawá.” wyabhichára, “(vi and abhi before, chara to go) erring, straying, literally or figuratively; following improper courses.” sañchara, “difficult passage; road, route; course.” sañchára, see sañchara. hẹsiríma, “behaviour, conduct.” hẹsireṇawá, “to go, to move, literally or figuratively; to behave, to act, (preterit) hẹsuruná.” samáchára, “(sam and áchára salutation) respectful salutation, civility, politeness.” prachara, “(much, to walk) road, path.”