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English
Etymology 1
Possibly from Irish tabhair aire ( “ take care ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tæˈɹɑː/ , /təˈɹɑː/ (note: Stress on 2nd syllable, unlike the proper name Tara )
Interjection
tara
( Northern England , Midlands or informal ) Goodbye ; equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta .
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
See also
Etymology 2
From Maori tara ( “ tern ” ) .
Pronunciation
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
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.
See also
References
Anagrams
'Are'are
Noun
tara
road
References
Balinese
Romanization
tara
Romanization of ᬢᬭ
Romanization of ᬢᬭᬵ
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /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
Noun
tara f (plural tares )
defect , imperfection
tare ( empty weight of a container )
Further reading
Dalmatian
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
Verb
tara
third-person singular past historic of tarer
Anagrams
Hausa
Etymology 1
Considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Horom taras , Che ataras , Fyam téres , Yeskwa tɔla .
Pronunciation
Numeral
tar̃à f
nine
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
tārā̀ (grade 1 )
collect , gather
add up
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
tàrā (grade 2 )
go to meet or welcome someone
buy up something to resell later
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃ )
fine ( of money )
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃ )
being mindful , caring about something
Indonesian
Pronunciation
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 .
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 )
Further reading
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 )
tare
defect , vice , flaw
( archaic ) deficiency
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tara
inflection of tarare :
third-person singular present
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
tara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
tara
Rōmaji transcription of たら
Javanese
Romanization
tara
Romanization of ꦠꦫ
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
tara
thorn
References
Allahverdi Verdizade (2019 ) “tara”, in Lamboya word list , Leiden: LexiRumah
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tarha , related to Finnish tarha .
Noun
tara
fence
garden
Makasar
Pronunciation
Noun
tara (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑ )
anus
Maltese
Pronunciation
Verb
tara
second-person singular imperfect of ra
third-person feminine singular imperfect of ra
Miskito
Adjective
tara
big , large
Antonym: sirpi
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तर ( tara , “ intensifier ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
tara
intensifier
Noun
tara
manner , style
peculiarity
excellence , superiority
Descendants
Further reading
"tara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
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
Declension
Declension table of "tara" (masculine)
Case \ Number Singular Nominative (first) taro Genitive (sixth) tarassa
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈta.ra/
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: ta‧ra
Etymology 1
From trzeć .
Noun
tara f
washboard ( board used to hand wash laundry )
Synonym: tarka
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian tara , from Arabic طَرْحَة ( ṭarḥa ) .
Noun
tara f
tare ( the empty weight of a container )
Declension
Further reading
tara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
tara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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 :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“tara ”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2024
“tara ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2024
“tara ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
“tara ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2024
“tara ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2024
“tara ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2024
Rohingya
Noun
tara (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝 )
star
Romanian
Noun
tara f (plural tarale )
Alternative form of tară
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian tara , possibly through Ottoman Turkish طاره ( dara ) .
Noun
tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏ра )
tare
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtaɾa/
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 :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
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
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from tayo na or from tana .
Pronunciation
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
Noun
tara (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ )
tare ( empty weight of a container, used to determine the weight of its contents )
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
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
Tahitian
Noun
tara
horn
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/ ,
Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
Hyphenation: ta‧ra
Noun
tara
vegetable garden
Inflection
References
Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012 ) “tara ”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language ], 2nd edition, Tallinn