تار

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

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /tɑːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /tɒːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /tɒːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /tɔːɾ/
• 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 𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (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

From Proto-Iranian *tánθram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”); see there for further information.

Noun

تار • (târ) (plural تارها‎ (târ-hâ))

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

Descendants

• → English: tar
• → Hindi: तार (tār)
• → Armenian: թառ (tʿaṙ)

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ت و ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic ثَارَ‎ (ṯāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːr/, [tɑːrˤ]

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Verb

تار • (tār) (form I, present بتور‎ (bitūr))

1. to rebel, to revolt

Conjugation

Conjugation of تار (tār)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ترت (turt)	ترت (turt)	تار (tār)		ترنا (turna)	ترتو (turtu)	تارو (tāru)
	f		ترتي (turti)	تارت (tārat)
present	m	بتور (batūr)	بتتور (bittūr)	بتور (bitūr)		منتور (mintūr)	بتتورو (bittūru)	بيتورو (bitūru)
	f		بتتوري (bittūri)	بتتور (bittūr)
subjunctive	m	اتور (atūr)	تتور (ttūr)	يتور (ytūr)		نتور (ntūr)	تتورو (ttūru)	يتورو (ytūru)
	f		تتوري (ttūri)	تتور (ttūr)
imperative	m		تور (tūr)				تورو (tūru)
	f		توري (tūri)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تار‎ (târ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

تار • (tār) m (Hindi spelling तार)

1. cord, wire
2. string
3. telegraph

Declension

Declension of تار
	singular	plural
direct	تار‎ (tār)	تار‎ (tār)
oblique	تار‎ (tār)	تاروں‎ (tārō̃)
vocative	تار‎ (tār)	تارو‎ (tārō)

References

• “تار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2022.