Karen

Etymology 1
From, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1878, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen"):
 * Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!
 * 1) * 1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12:
 * I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.
 * I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.

Usage notes

 * First taken up as a given name in the US, and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Translations

 * French:, , , ,
 * Greek: Κάρεν
 * Hebrew:
 * Marathi: कॅरेन
 * Portuguese: Karen
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1)  A middle-aged white woman exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege.
 * 2)  Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
 * 3) * 2021 Adam Korson as Phil Orley in "Ft. Ghost Child", episode five of SurrealEstate
 * The organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere.
 * 1)  Any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
 * 2) * 2021 Adam Korson as Phil Orley in "Ft. Ghost Child", episode five of SurrealEstate
 * The organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere.
 * The organization wasn't meeting my needs, so I became a total Karen and asked to see the manager. He wasn't available so I took my business elsewhere.

Translations

 * Malay: mak cik kiah
 * Polish: Karyna
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 2
From, from. The Armenian name is from, from the same Parthian name.

Proper noun

 * 1)  One of the seven great Parthian feudal families.

Translations

 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Καρανος
 * Latin: Carenes
 * Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭭𐭩
 * Old Armenian: Կարենի պահլաւ
 * Parthian: 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉
 * Persian: ,


 * Armenian: Կարեն
 * Old Armenian: Կարէն
 * Persian:
 * Russian:

Etymology 3
From, of disputed origin.

Noun

 * 1)  A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.

Translations

 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 克倫族, 克伦族
 * Finnish: kareni
 * French:
 * Mon: ကရေင်
 * S'gaw Karen: ကညီ
 * Thai:

Proper noun

 * 1) A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 克倫語
 * Finnish: kareni
 * French:
 * S'gaw Karen: ကညီ

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
A medieval variant of.

Proper noun

 * 1)  (the given name)

Etymology
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Declension
Sometimes also Karen in accusative and dative.

Proper noun

 * 1)  of Danish origin