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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
Proper noun
Tamara
- A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
Translations
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Tamara
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tamara f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara
Declension
Declension of Tamara (hard feminine)
Faroese
Proper noun
Tamara f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Tamara: Tamaruson
- daughter of Tamara: Tamarudóttir
Declension
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Singular
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Indefinite
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Nominative
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Tamara
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Accusative
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Tamaru
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Dative
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Tamaru
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Genitive
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Tamaru
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tamara f (genitive Tamaras or Tamara)
- a female given name
Latvian
Etymology
Variant of Tamāra.
Proper noun
Tamara f
- a female given name
- 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
Proper noun
Tamara f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara
Romanian
Proper noun
Tamara f
- a female given name
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Tamara f (Cyrillic spelling Тамара)
- a female given name
Declension
Further reading
- “Tamara”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tamara f (genitive singular Tamary, nominative plural Tamary, declension pattern of žena)
- 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
- a female given name, equivalent to English Tamar or Tamara