Karai

Karai may refer to:

Toponym

 * Karai, Iran,
 * Karai, Perak, Malaysia
 * Karai, Sultanpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Demonym

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

Surname

 * József Karai, Hungarian composer
 * Karai Senryū (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, a major supporting character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, in which she is the on-and-off love interest and rival of the katana-wielding Ninja Turtle leader Leonardo
 * Karai, name of Count Nikolai Rostov's dog in some translations of Tolstoy's War and Peace