तारा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?] (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit तारक (tāraka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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

1. star

   Synonym: सितारा (sitārā)

2. (anatomy) pupil

   आँखों का तारा ― ā̃khõ kā tārā ― apple of one's eye (literally, “pupil of one's eye”)

   Synonym: पुतली (putlī)

3. (figuratively) 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

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

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

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

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

1. star

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬢᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• তাৰা (Assamese script)
• তারা (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• તારા (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦠꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• តារា (Khmer script)
• ತಾರಾ (Kannada script)
• ຕາຣາ (Lao script)
• താരാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• တာရာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ତାରା (Oriya script)
• ꢡꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• තාරා (Sinhalese script)
• తారా (Telugu script)
• ตารา (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

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

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

Noun

तारा • (tārā) 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 tārāyāḥ	ताराभ्याम् tārābhyām	ताराभ्यः tārābhyaḥ
Genitive	तारायाः tārāyāḥ	तारयोः tārayoḥ	ताराणाम् tārāṇām
Locative	तारायाम् tārāyām	तारयोः tārayoḥ	तारासु tārāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Doteli: तारो (tāro)
• Bengali: তারা (tara)
• Pali: tārā
• Prakrit: *𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀸 (*tārayā)
  • Dhivehi: ތަރި‎ (tari)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “तारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0443.