تارا
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from an Indian language (cf. Hindi तारा (tārā), Urdu تارا (tārā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with English star. Doublet of ستاره.
Noun edit
تارا • (târâ)
Proper noun edit
تارا • (târâ)
- a female given name, Tara
Punjabi edit
Alternative forms edit
- تارہ (tārā)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of ستارہ (sitārā).
Noun edit
تارا • (tārā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਾਰਾ)
Synonyms edit
- ستارہ (sitārā)
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- تارہ (tārā)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?] (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit तारक (tāraka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of ستارہ (sitārā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/
Audio (Pakistan) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: تا‧را
Noun edit
تارا • (tārā) m (Hindi spelling तारा)
- (astronomy) star
- (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
- (figuratively, games) a pigeon.
- (astrology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Declension edit
| Declension of تارا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | تارا (tārā) | تارے (tāre) |
| oblique | تارے (tāre) | تاروں (tārõ) |
| vocative | تارے (tāre) | تارو (tāro) |
Synonyms edit
- ستارہ (sitāra)
Further reading edit
- “تارا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “تارا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.