Karai

Karai may refer to:

Toponym

• Karai, Iran,
• Karai, Perak, Malaysia
• Karai (கரை), meaning beach or river bank in many Tamil place names:

Demonym

• Qarai Turks (Karāʾi, Qarāʾi) or "Black Tatars"
• Karai, caste subdivision among Mallar (caste), Urali Gounder caste, in India
• Karai, landlord class among the Guarani people
• Karai, extinct Turkic language written in Hebrew script of Crimean Karaites

Surname

• József Karai, Hungarian composer
• Senryū Karai (ja:柄井川柳; 1718–1790), Japanese poet, originator of Senryū form

Cuisine

• Karai, also spelled Karahi, Indian cooking pot
• Karai, braised in Indian cuisine
• Karai, spicy in Japanese cuisine

Fictional characters

• Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), a major recurring character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
• Karai, name of Count Nikolai Rostov's dog in Tolstoy's War and Peace