तारा

Hindi

Etymology

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From Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

तारा • (tārā) m (Urdu spelling تارا)

1. star
2. planet
3. meteor
4. (anatomy) pupil
5. fate, destiny

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Nepali

Noun

तारा • (tārā)

1. star

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

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)

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. 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
Nom. sg.	तारा (tārā)
Gen. sg.	तारायाः (tārāyāḥ)
	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 (tārayā)	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)

Descendants

• Bengali: তারা (tara)
• Burmese: တာရာ (tara)
• Gujarati: તારો (tāro)
• Hindi: तारा (tārā)
• Malayalam: താരം (tāraṁ)
• Marathi: तारा (tārā)
• Nepali: तारा (tārā)

• Punjabi: ਤਾਰਾ (tārā)
• Rajasthani: तारौ (tārau)
• Tagalog: tala
• Telugu: తార (tāra)
• Thai: ดารา (daa-raa)
• Urdu: تارا (tārā)

References

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