Tara
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tara"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
Proper noun edit
Tara
- An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
- 1808, Thomas Moore, The Harp of Tara:
- No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage.
- A male given name.
- 1952, Janice Holt Giles, Tara's Healing:
- the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette
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Etymology 2 edit
From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
Proper noun edit
Tara
- (Buddhism) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
- A female given name from Sanskrit.
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Tara (plural Taras)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tara is the 40082nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 547 individuals. Tara is most common among White (58.5%), Asian/Pacific Islander (19.38%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.44%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “subtraction”).
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Noun edit
Tara f (genitive Tara, plural Taren)
- (business) tare (the empty weight of a container)
- Synonyms: Taragewicht, Verpackungsgewicht
- Coordinate terms: Brutto, Netto
Declension edit
Declension of Tara [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
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Further reading edit
- Tara (Gewicht) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Tara” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tara”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Tara” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Tara” in Duden online
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tara f
- a female given name