तारा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).
Cognate with Assamese তৰা (tora), Baluchi استار (istár, astár), Bengali তারা (tara), Dhivehi ތަރި (tari), Gojri تارو (tāro), Gujarati તારો (tāro), Marathi तारा (tārā), Maithili तारा (tārā), Nepali तारो (tāro), Odia ତାରା (tārā), Pashto ستوری (stóray), Persian ستاره (setâre), Punjabi تارا / ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Sinhalese තරුව (taruwa), and Sindhi تَارو / तारो (tāro).
Pronunciation
Noun
तारा • (tārā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling تارا)
- star
- Synonym: सितारा (sitārā)
- (anatomy) pupil
- Synonym: पुतली (putlī)
- आँखों का तारा ― ā̃khõ kā tārā ― apple of one's eye (literally, “pupil of one's eye”)
- (figurative) fate, destiny
Declension
Marathi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā)
Noun
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
तारा • (tārā)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).
Pronunciation
Noun
तारा • (tārā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- তাৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- তারা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- တာရာ (Burmese script)
- તારા (Gujarati script)
- ਤਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ತಾರಾ (Kannada script)
- តារា (Khmer script)
- ຕາຣາ (Lao script)
- താരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ତାରା (Odia script)
- ꢡꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- තාරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚭𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- தாரா (Tamil script)
- తారా (Telugu script)
- ตารา (Thai script)
- ཏཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Based on forms beginning with तार- (tāra-) of तृ (tṛ, “star”), a Vedic contraction of स्तृ (stṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (star-), Persian ستاره (setâre), Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) and Old English steorra (whence English star).
Pronunciation
Noun
तारा • (tā́rā) stem, f
- star, asterism
- the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
- (Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
- (music) name of a raga of six notes
- (Hinduism) Tara, second of the ten Mahavidyas
- (Buddhism) Tārā, a female Buddha
- (Hinduism) Tara, wife of Brihaspati
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of तारा (tā́rā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | तारा tā́rā |
तारे tā́re |
ताराः tā́rāḥ |
| Vocative | तारे tā́re |
तारे tā́re |
ताराः tā́rāḥ |
| Accusative | ताराम् tā́rām |
तारे tā́re |
ताराः tā́rāḥ |
| Instrumental | तारया / तारा¹ tā́rayā / tā́rā¹ |
ताराभ्याम् tā́rābhyām |
ताराभिः tā́rābhiḥ |
| Dative | तारायै tā́rāyai |
ताराभ्याम् tā́rābhyām |
ताराभ्यः tā́rābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | तारायाः / तारायै² tā́rāyāḥ / tā́rāyai² |
ताराभ्याम् tā́rābhyām |
ताराभ्यः tā́rābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | तारायाः / तारायै² tā́rāyāḥ / tā́rāyai² |
तारयोः tā́rayoḥ |
ताराणाम् tā́rāṇām |
| Locative | तारायाम् tā́rāyām |
तारयोः tā́rayoḥ |
तारासु tā́rāsu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
This includes descendants of the extended forms तारक (tāraka) and तारका (tārakā).
- Pali: tārā, tārakā
- Prakrit: 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (tārā), 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀸 (tārayā)
- Apabhramsa: तारउ (tāraü) (see there for further descendants)
- → Malayalam: താരം (tāraṁ)
- → Telugu: తార (tāra)
- → Tamil: தாரை (tārai)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0443.