tara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tara"

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English

Etymology 1

Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).

Alternative forms

ta-ra, turrah

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæˈɹɑː/, /təˈɹɑː/ (note: Stress on 2nd syllable, unlike the proper name Tara)
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Interjection

tara

(UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands or informal) Goodbye.
- 2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.
Synonyms: bye, ta ta

Usage notes

Equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta.

Etymology 2

From Maori tara (“tern”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːrɑː/

Noun

tara (plural taras)

(New Zealand, rare) The tern.
- 1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273:
  These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of […]
- 1977, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Treasury of Maori Exploration: Legends Relating to the First Polynesian Explorers of New Zealand, Raupo:
  Another account says that a tara (tern) and other birds alighted at Tahunatapu, the first part of the fish to surface, and that Maui greeted its appearance with an incantation that included the words : Appears the great land lying […]
- 2003, Margaret Orbell, Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History, Raupo:
  Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern. […]
- 2004, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Ross Calman, Reed Book of Maori Mythology, Raupo:
  Again it is said that the tara (tern) alighted on the new land at Tahunatapu, the first part to emerge from the sea, and was followed by other birds. Māui recited an incantation of welcome which included the words : Appears the […]

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

tar, tare, tarr

Noun

tara (plural taras)

(India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
- 1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70:
  The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “tara”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

taar, ATRA, Arta, A.A.R.T., rata, Atar, atar

'Are'are

Noun

tara

road

References

Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Balinese

Romanization

tara

Romanization of ᬢᬭ
Romanization of ᬢᬭᬵ

Bikol Central

Bikol Central phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taˈɾa/ [taˈɾa]
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Interjection

tará (Basahan spelling ᜆᜍ)

(Naga) Hello
Synonyms: komusta, nom, nem

Phrase

tará (Basahan spelling ᜆᜍ)

(Naga) What's up?
Synonyms: nom, nem

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.ɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.ɾa]

Noun

tara f (plural tares)

defect, imperfection
tare (empty weight of a container)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

tiara

Etymology

From Latin terra. Compare Italian and Portuguese terra, Romansch terra, tiara, teara, Romanian țară, Spanish tierra, French terre.

Noun

tara f

earth, ground

Fijian

Verb

tara

(transitive) to touch, to take hold of
(intransitive, tara-va) to follow, to succeed, to come after

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.ʁa/
Audio: (file)

Verb

tara

third-person singular past historic of tarer

Anagrams

rata, râta

Hausa

Etymology 1

**Hausa numbers ^(edit)**
	90
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: tar̃à

Considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Horom taras, Che ataras, Fyam téres, Yeskwa tɔla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tá.rà/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.rə̀]

Numeral

tar̃à f

nine

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /táː.ɽàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.ɽàː]

Verb

tārā̀ (grade 1)

collect, gather
add up

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tà.ɽáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə̀.ɽáː]

Verb

tàrā (grade 2)

go to meet or welcome someone
buy up something to resell later

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tàː.ɽáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàː.ɽáː]

Noun

tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃)

fine (of money)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tàː.ɽáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàː.ɽáː]

Noun

tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃)

being mindful, caring about something

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtara]
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

From Malay tara, from Classical Malay tara (“equal”), probably from Old Javanese tara (“excellence, superiority”).

Noun

tara

comparable, equal, equivalent
Synonyms: banding, imbang, sama

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

tara

nailed wooden tools for making lines on wood.

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit तर (tara, “surpassing, excelling”). Compare to Indonesian tera (“stamp, seal”).

Noun

tara

picture, picture
Synonyms: angan, imaji, gambar

Etymology 4

From Dutch tarra, from Italian tara, from Medieval Latin tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “rubbish, refuse”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “reject, deduct”).

Noun

tara

tare (the empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight)

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈta.ra/
Rhymes: -ara
Hyphenation: tà‧ra

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “rubbish, refuse”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “reject, deduct”).

Noun

tara f (plural tare)

Derived terms

tarare

Descendants

→ Dutch: tarra
- → Indonesian: tara
→ Estonian: taara
→ German: Tara
- → Russian: тара (tara)
→ Middle French: tare
- French: tare
  - → Romanian: tară
- → English: tare
→ Ottoman Turkish: طاره (dara)
- → Middle Armenian: տառայ (taṙay)
  - Armenian: տարա (tara)
- → Romanian: dara
→ Polish: tara
→ Serbo-Croatian: tara / тара
→ Swedish: tara
- → Finnish: taara

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

inflection of tarare:
1. third-person singular present
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

atra, rata

Japanese

Romanization

tara

Rōmaji transcription of たら

Javanese

Romanization

tara

Romanization of ꦠꦫ

Laboya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [taːra]

Noun

tara

thorn

References

Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “tara”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

Livonian

Alternative forms

tarā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarha, related to Finnish tarha.

Noun

tara

fence
garden

Makasar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtara]

Noun

tara (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑ)

anus

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ra/

Verb

tara

second-person singular imperfect of ra
third-person feminine singular imperfect of ra

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”) – compare with Tahitian tara (“horn, spur, sting”), Tongan tala and Samoan tala.^[1]^[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tara

spike, point
1. thorn of a plant
2. tooth of a comb, tine of a fork
3. spine of a fish, barb of a stingray
4. skewer
peak of a mountain

Verb

tara

(of the sun) to shine rays, to irradiate
to disturb, to ruffle

Derived terms

References

^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 527-9
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tala.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Miskito

Adjective

tara

big, large
Antonym: sirpi

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तर (tara, “intensifier”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.ra/
Rhymes: -ra
Homophone: tāra
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Adverb

tara

intensifier

Noun

tara

Descendants

Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)
>? Malay: tara
- Indonesian: tara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
तर (Devanagari script)
তর (Bengali script)
තර (Sinhalese script)
တရ (Burmese script)
ตร or ตะระ (Thai script)
ᨲᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ຕຣ or ຕະຣະ (Lao script)
តរ (Khmer script)
𑄖𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Part of or extracted from the verb tarati.

Verb

tara

third-person singular present active of tarati (“to cross over”)

Noun

tara m

The Pali root tar
- [c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:
  62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
  bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
  sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
  phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi
  62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.]

Declension

Declension table of "tara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	taro
Genitive (sixth)	tarassa

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tara

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈta.ra/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

From trzeć.

Noun

tara f

washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
Synonym: tarka

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tary
genitive	tary	tar
dative	tarze	tarom
accusative	tarę	tary
instrumental	tarą	tarami
locative	tarze	tarach
vocative	taro	tary

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa).

Noun

tara f

tare (the empty weight of a container)

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tary
genitive	tary	tar
dative	tarze	tarom
accusative	tarę	tary
instrumental	tarą	tarami
locative	tarze	tarach
vocative	taro	tary

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -aɾɐ
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”). Compare Italian tara and French tare, taré (“crazy”).

Noun

tara f (plural taras)

tare (the empty weight of a container)
(colloquial) obsession, mania
Synonyms: mania, obsessão
(colloquial) flaw, defect
Synonym: defeito
(slang) sexual fetish or desire
Synonyms: perversão, fetiche

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

inflection of tarar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Rohingya

Alternative forms

𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝 (tara) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

tara (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝)

star

Romanian

Noun

tara f (plural tarale)

Alternative form of tară

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	tara	taraua	tarale	taralele
genitive-dative	tarale	taralei	tarale	taralelor
vocative	tara		taralelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian tara, possibly through Ottoman Turkish طاره (dara).

Noun

tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏ра)

tare

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tare
genitive	tare	tara
dative	tari	tarama
accusative	taru	tare
vocative	taro	tare
locative	tari	tarama
instrumental	tarom	tarama

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪a.ɾa]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tara, from Andalusian Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of Arabic طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).

Noun

tara f (plural taras)

tare (empty weight of a container)
defect, flaw, vice
deficiency

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

inflection of tarar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Adjective

tara

Obsolete form of tra.

Sundanese

Etymology

teu (“not”) + ara (“ever”, Banten dialect)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.ra/
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Adverb

tara

never; rarely
Synonym: tilok (Banten)

"Urang mah tara ulin di mal, da di imah waé."
"I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."

References

^ "Ara" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek.pdf, S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1913, page 28.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from tayo na or from tana.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈɾa/ [t̪ɐˈɾa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ta‧ra

Interjection

tará (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ) (colloquial)

let's go!
Synonyms: tana, tayo na, (backslang) arat, (slang) taralets

Tara, alisan na. ― Let's go, it's time to leave.
(Bataan) goodbye! (when about to leave)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tara.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪aː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: ta‧ra

Noun

tara (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ)

tare (empty weight of a container, used to determine the weight of its contents)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪aː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: ta‧ra

Noun

tara (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ) (obsolete)

wedding gift given to equal the gift given by the other side to the newlyweds (either from the bride's or the groom's side)

Anagrams

arat

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”)^[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tara

thorn, spike
sting of an insect
spur
horn

References

^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tala.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Tarifit

Noun

tara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tariwin)

Alternative spelling of tařa: spring, fountain

Turkish

Noun

tara (definite accusative tarayı, plural taralar)

grain

Verb

tara

second-person singular imperative of taramak

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarha.

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrɑ/, [ˈtɑrɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Noun

tara

vegetable garden

Inflection

Declension of tara (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tarad
genitive	tara	tarojõ, taroi
partitive	tarra	taroitõ, taroi
illative	tarrasõ, tarra	taroisõ
inessive	taraz	taroiz
elative	tarassõ	taroissõ
allative	taralõ	taroilõ
adessive	tarallõ	taroillõ
ablative	taraltõ	taroiltõ
translative	tarassi	taroissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

[1] Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 527-9

[2] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tala.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

[3] "Ara" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek.pdf, S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1913, page 28.

[4] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tala.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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English

Etymology 1

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Usage notes

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

See also

References

Anagrams

'Are'are

Noun

References

Balinese

Romanization

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Interjection

Phrase

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Fijian

Verb

French

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Numeral

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

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Japanese