तारा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).

Cognates

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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/, [t̪äː.ɾäː]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a.ɾa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā)

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

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

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪äɾä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तारा

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

1. star

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑ́ː.ɾɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.ɾɑː/

Noun

तारा • (tā́rā) stem, f

1. star, asterism
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.55.2:

     श॒तं श्वे॒तास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ दि॒वि तारो॒ न रो॑चन्ते।
     म॒ह्ना दिवं॒ न त॑स्तभुः॥

     śatáṃ śvetā́sa ukṣáṇo diví tā́ro ná rocante.
     mahnā́ dívaṃ ná tastabhuḥ.

     A hundred white oxen shine like stars in the heaven, by their size they have almost held up theheavens.

2. the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
3. (Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
4. (music) name of a raga of six notes
5. (Hinduism) Tara, second of the ten Mahavidyas
6. (Buddhism) Tārā, a female Buddha
7. (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	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

This includes descendants of the extended forms तारक (tāraka) and तारका (tārakā).

• Pali: tārā, tārakā
  • → Old Javanese: tāra
    • Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)
    • → Balinese: ᬢᬭᬵ (tara)
  • → Burmese: တာရာ (tara)
  • → Tagalog: tala
  • → Thai: ดารา (daa-raa)
• 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.