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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تر (tar).
Pronunciation
Adjective
तर • (tar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling تر)
- wet, soaked, moist
- Synonyms: भीगा (bhīgā), गीला (gīlā)
- fresh
- Synonym: ताज़ा (tāzā)
- cool, cold
- Synonyms: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā), शीतल (śītal)
- splendid, great
- Synonyms: बढ़िया (baṛhiyā), अच्छा (acchā)
Derived terms
Konkani
Conjunction
तर • (tar) (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
- then
- so
Marathi
Conjunction
तर • (tar)
- then
Interjection
तर • (tar)
- so, consequently, in that case
Noun
तर • (tar) f
- boat, ferry, raft
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Nepali
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀭𑀁 (paraṃ), from Sanskrit परम् (param, “after, but”), oblique of पर (para, “distant, further”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Phonetic Devanagari: तर
Conjunction
तर • (tara)
- but, nevertheless
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
तर • (tar)
- cream; milk skin, lactoderm
Pali
Alternative scripts
- tara (Latin script)
- 𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi 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)
Verb
तर
- Devanagari script form of tara, second-person singular imperative active of तरति (tarati, “to cross over”)
- Devanagari script form of tara, second-person singular imperative active of तरति (tarati, “to hurry”)
Noun
तर m
- Devanagari script form of tara (“the Pali root tar”)
Declension
Declension table of "तर" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | तरो (taro) |
| Genitive (sixth) | तरस्स (tarassa) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
- তর (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- တရ (Burmese script)
- તર (Gujarati script)
- ਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ತರ (Kannada script)
- តរ (Khmer script)
- ຕຣ (Lao script)
- തര (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐬 (Newa script)
- ତର (Odia script)
- ꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
- තර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
- தர (Tamil script)
- తర (Telugu script)
- ตร (Thai script)
- ཏ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
तर • (tara) stem, ?
- Crossing
- Surpassing, excelling
- Conquering, overpowering
- Freight
- road
- ferry-boat
- Fire
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]