तारा

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/, [t̪äː.ɾäː]
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Noun edit

तारा • (tārā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling تارا)

star
Synonym: सितारा (sitārā)
(anatomy) pupil
Synonym: पुतली (putlī)

आँखों का तारा ― ā̃khõ kā tārā ― apple of one's eye (literally, “pupil of one's eye”)
(figurative) fate, destiny

Declension edit

Declension of तारा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तारा tārā	तारे tāre
oblique	तारे tāre	तारों tārõ
vocative	तारे tāre	तारो tāro

Declension of तारा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तारा tārā	ताराएँ tārāẽ
oblique	तारा tārā	ताराओं tārāõ
vocative	तारा tārā	ताराओ tārāo

Marathi edit

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

तारा

Wikipedia ^mr

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t̪a.ɾa/

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

तारा • (tārā) m (plural तारे)

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References edit

Berntsen, Maxine, “तारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

तारा • (tārā)

plural of तार (tār, “string, wire”)

Nepali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [t̪äɾä]
Phonetic Devanagari: तारा

Noun edit

तारा • (tārā)

star

Sanskrit edit

Sanskrit Wikipedia has an article on:

तारा

Wikipedia ^sa

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

তাৰা (Assamese script)
ᬢᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
তারা (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
တာရာ (Burmese script)
તારા (Gujarati script)
ਤਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ತಾರಾ (Kannada script)
តារា (Khmer script)
ຕາຣາ (Lao script)
താരാ (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
ତାରା (Odia script)
ꢡꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
තාරා (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚭𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
தாரா (Tamil script)
తారా (Telugu script)
ตารา (Thai script)
ཏཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar- (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (star-), Persian (setâre)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Other cognates include Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) and Old English steorra (whence English star).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.ɾɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.ɾɑː/

Noun edit

तारा • (tārā) stem, f

a fixed star, asterism
the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
a kind of meteor
(Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
(music) name of a raga of six notes
a kind of perfume
a form of दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas)
Tārā, name of a Buddhist goddess
name of Brihaspati's wife (carried off by soma)
name of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha
of a shakti
name of a yogini
name of a female monkey

Declension edit

Feminine ā-stem declension of तारा (tārā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तारा tārā	तारे tāre	ताराः tārāḥ
Vocative	तारे tāre	तारे tāre	ताराः tārāḥ
Accusative	ताराम् tārām	तारे tāre	ताराः tārāḥ
Instrumental	तारया / तारा¹ tārayā / tārā¹	ताराभ्याम् tārābhyām	ताराभिः tārābhiḥ
Dative	तारायै tārāyai	ताराभ्याम् tārābhyām	ताराभ्यः tārābhyaḥ
Ablative	तारायाः / तारायै² tārāyāḥ / tārāyai²	ताराभ्याम् tārābhyām	ताराभ्यः tārābhyaḥ
Genitive	तारायाः / तारायै² tārāyāḥ / tārāyai²	तारयोः tārayoḥ	ताराणाम् tārāṇām
Locative	तारायाम् tārāyām	तारयोः tārayoḥ	तारासु tārāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants edit

Doteli: तारो (tāro)
Bengali: তারা (tara)
Old Javanese: tāra
- Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)
- → Balinese: ᬢᬭᬵ (tara)
Pali: tārā
Prakrit: *𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀸 (*tārayā)
- Dhivehi: ތަރި (tari)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “तारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0443.