تار

See also: باژ‎, باز‎, تاز‎, بار‎, پار‎, ثأر‎, and ثار‎

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Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɒːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾr /tār/, “darkness”), from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate to Avestan [script needed] (tąθra-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttāra-), Pashto تور‎ (“black”), Ossetian тар (tar), Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra), Latin tenebrae.

Adjective

تار • (târ)

1. dark
2. obscure
3. dim
4. bleary

Related terms

• تاریک‎ (târik)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”); see there for more.

Noun

تار • (târ) (plural تارها‎ (târ-hâ))

1. string
2. cord
3. tar (a classical musical instrument of Persia)

Descendants

• → Armenian: թառ (tʿaṙ)

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Urdu

Noun

تار • (tār) m (Hindi spelling तार)

1. cord
2. wire
3. telegraph