تارا

Persian

Etymology

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

تارا • (târâ)

  1. (archaic or obsolete) star

Proper noun

تارا • (târâ)

  1. a female given name, Tara

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of ستارہ (sitārā).

Noun

تارا • (tārā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਾਰਾ)

  1. star

Synonyms

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/
  • Audio (Pakistan)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: تا‧را

Noun

تارا • (tārā) m (Hindi spelling तारा)

  1. (astronomy) star
  2. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
  3. (figuratively, games) a pigeon.
  4. (astrology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension
Declension of تارا
singular plural
direct تارا (tārā) تارے (tāre)
oblique تارے (tāre) تاروں (tārõ)
vocative تارے (tāre) تارو (tāro)

Synonyms

Further reading
  • “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.
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