Tamara

See also: tamara, tamará, tâmara, and Tamāra

English

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, date palm).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /tɑmɑɹə/, IPA(key): /təmæɹə/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /təmɛɹə/
    • (file)

Proper noun

Tamara

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.

Translations

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Tamara

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtamara]

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Declension

Faroese

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Tamara: Tamaruson
  • daughter of Tamara: Tamarudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Tamara
Accusative Tamaru
Dative Tamaru
Genitive Tamaru

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Tamara f (genitive Tamaras or Tamara)

  1. a female given name

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Tamāra.

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name
  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).

References

  • Population Register of Latvia: Tamara was the only given name of 1409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈma.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈma.ɾa/

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Romanian

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tamara f (Cyrillic spelling Тамара)

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtamara/

Proper noun

Tamara f (genitive singular Tamary, nominative plural Tamary, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Tamara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamar or Tamara
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