tara

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


tara

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


tara

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.

(UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands or informal) Goodbye.

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


tara

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[…]

1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273:

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[…]

1977, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Treasury of Maori Exploration: Legends Relating to the First Polynesian Explorers of New Zealand, 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.[…]

2003, Margaret Orbell, Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History, 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[…]

2004, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Ross Calman, Reed Book of Maori Mythology, Raupo:


tara

The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.

1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70:

(India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.


tara

(intransitive, tara-va) to follow, to succeed, to come after


tara

third-person singular past historic of tarer


tara

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


tara

tā̀rā (canonical feminine)
tā̀rar̃ (possessed-form)


tara

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


tara

nailed wooden tools for making lines on wood.


tara

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


tara

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

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


tara

→ Dutch: tarra
→ Indonesian: tara

→ Estonian: taara

→ German: Tara

→ Russian: тара (tara)

→ Middle French: tare

French: tare
→ Romanian: tară

→ English: tare

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: طاره (dara)
→ Middle Armenian: տառայ (taṙay)
Armenian: տարա (tara)
→ Romanian: dara

→ Polish: tara

→ Serbo-Croatian: tara / тара

→ Swedish: tara

→ Finnish: taara

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


tara

inflection of tarare:
third-person singular present

inflection of tarare:
second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tara

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


tara

third-person feminine singular imperfect of ra


tara

spike, point
tooth of a comb, tine of a fork

spike, point
spine of a fish, barb of a stingray

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”) – compare with Tahitian tara (“horn, spur, sting”), Tongan tala and Samoan tala.


tara

(of the sun) to shine rays, to irradiate


tara

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


tara

Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)

>? Malay: tara

Indonesian: tara


tara

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

Part of or extracted from the verb tarati.


tara

62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi

[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. 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.


tara

washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)

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


tara

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


tara

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


tara

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of tarar:
second-person singular imperative


tara

tarale (plural)
tara (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
taraua (accusative definite nominative singular)
tarale (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
taralele (accusative definite nominative plural)
tarale (indefinite singular)
taralei (definite singular)
taralelor (definite plural)
tara (singular vocative)
taralelor (vocative)


tara

tȁra (canonical feminine)
та̏ра (Cyrillic)
tara (nominative singular)
tare (nominative plural)
tare (genitive singular)
tara (genitive plural)
tari (dative singular)
tarama (dative plural)
taru (accusative singular)
tare (accusative plural)
taro (singular vocative)
tare (plural vocative)
tari (locative singular)
tarama (locative plural)
tarom (instrumental singular)
tarama (instrumental plural)

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


tara

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


tara

Urang mah tara ulin di mal, da di imah waé.

"I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."

teu (“not”) + ara (“ever”, Banten dialect)


tara

Tara, alisan na.


tara

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


tara

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)


tara

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”)


tara

Alternative spelling of tařa: spring, fountain

rif-noun

tara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tariwin)


tara

head

tara (definite accusative tarayı, plural taralar)

tarayı (accusative definite)
taralar (plural)


tara

second-person singular imperative of taramak


tara

tara (nominative singular)
tarad (nominative plural)
tara (genitive singular)
tarojõ (genitive plural)
taroi (genitive plural)
tarra (partitive singular)
taroitõ (partitive plural)
taroi (partitive plural)
tarrasõ (illative singular)
tarra (illative singular)
taroisõ (illative plural)
taraz (inessive singular)
taroiz (inessive plural)
tarassõ (elative singular)
taroissõ (elative plural)
taralõ (allative singular)
taroilõ (allative plural)
tarallõ (adessive singular)
taroillõ (adessive plural)
taraltõ (ablative singular)
taroiltõ (ablative plural)
tarassi (singular translative)
taroissi (plural translative)