तारा

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit , from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).

Cognates

Cognates include 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 (tara), Pashto ستوری (stóray), Persian ستاره (setâre), Punjabi تارا / ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Sinhalese තරුව (taruwa), and Sindhi تَارو / तारो (tāro).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/,
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Noun

तारा • (tārā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling تارا)

  1. star
    Synonym: सितारा (sitārā)
  2. (anatomy) pupil
    Synonym: पुतली (putlī)
    आँखों का तारा ― ā̃khõ kā tārā ― apple of one's eye (literally, “pupil of one's eye”)
  3. (figurative) fate, destiny

Declension

Declension of तारा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct तारा
tārā 		तारे
tāre
oblique तारे
tāre 		तारों
tārõ
vocative तारे
tāre 		तारो
tāro
Declension of तारा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct तारा
tārā 		ताराएँ
tārāẽ
oblique तारा
tārā 		ताराओं
tārāõ
vocative तारा
tārā 		ताराओ
tārāo

Marathi

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

तारा • (tārā) m (plural तारे)

  1. star

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “तारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Etymology 2

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

  1. plural of तार (tār, “string, wire”)

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Pronunciation

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

  1. star

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar- (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (star-), Persian ستاره (setâre)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Other cognates include Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) and Old English steorra (whence English star).

Pronunciation

Noun

तारा • (tārā) stem, f

  1. a fixed star, asterism
  2. the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
  3. a kind of meteor
  4. (Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
  5. (music) name of a raga of six notes
  6. a kind of perfume
  7. a form of दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas)
  8. Tārā, name of a Buddhist goddess
  9. name of Brihaspati's wife (carried off by soma)
  10. name of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha
  11. of a shakti
  12. name of a yogini
  13. name of a female monkey

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of तारा (tārā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तारा
tārā 		तारे
tāre 		ताराः
tārāḥ
Vocative तारे
tāre 		तारे
tāre 		ताराः
tārāḥ
Accusative ताराम्
tārām 		तारे
tāre 		ताराः
tārāḥ
Instrumental तारया / तारा¹
tārayā / tārā¹ 		ताराभ्याम्
tārābhyām 		ताराभिः
tārābhiḥ
Dative तारायै
tārāyai 		ताराभ्याम्
tārābhyām 		ताराभ्यः
tārābhyaḥ
Ablative तारायाः / तारायै²
tārāyāḥ / tārāyai² 		ताराभ्याम्
tārābhyām 		ताराभ्यः
tārābhyaḥ
Genitive तारायाः / तारायै²
tārāyāḥ / tārāyai² 		तारयोः
tārayoḥ 		ताराणाम्
tārāṇām
Locative तारायाम्
tārāyām 		तारयोः
tārayoḥ 		तारासु
tārāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

References

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