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RATA,TARA,

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tara

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).

Alternative forms

  • ta-ra, turrah

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæˈɹɑː/, /təˈɹɑː/ (note: Stress on 2nd syllable, unlike the proper name Tara)

Interjection

tara

  1. (UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands or informal) Goodbye.
    • 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
Usage notes
  • Equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta.

See also

  • ta ta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori tara (“tern”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːrɑː/

Noun

tara (plural taras)

  1. (New Zealand, rare) The tern.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • tar, tare, tarr

Noun

tara (plural taras)

  1. (India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish tara, ultimately from Quechua tara.

Noun

tara (plural taras)

  1. A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
Derived terms

References

  • Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “tara”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

  • taar, ATRA, Arta, A.A.R.T., rata, Atar, atar

'Are'are

Noun

tara

  1. road

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tarə/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Etymology

From Sanskrit तर (tara, “surpassing, excelling”).

Noun

tara (Balinese script ᬢᬭ)

  1. extra

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese tāra (“star”), from Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).

Noun

tara (Balinese script ᬢᬭᬵ)

  1. star

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɾa/ [taˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Interjection

tará (Basahan spelling ᜆᜍ)

  1. (Naga) Hello
    Synonyms: komusta, nom, nem

Phrase

tará (Basahan spelling ᜆᜍ)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.ɾa]

Noun

tara f (plural tares)

  1. defect, imperfection
  2. tare (empty weight of a container)

Further reading

  • “tara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • tiara

Etymology

From Latin terra. Compare Italian and Portuguese terra, Romansch terra, tiara, teara, Romanian țară, Spanish tierra, French terre.

Noun

tara f

  1. earth, ground

Fijian

Verb

tara

  1. (transitive) to touch, to take hold of
  2. (intransitive, tara-va) to follow, to succeed, to come after

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ʁa/

Verb

tara

  1. third-person singular past historic of tarer

Anagrams

  • rata, râta

Hausa

Etymology 1

possibly cognate with Kabyle tẓa, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵥⴰ (tẓa) from Proto-Berber *tăẓa & Proto-Semitic *tišʕ-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *tVsʕ-. But considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Horom taras, Che ataras, Fyam téres, Yeskwa tɔla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tá.rà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tə́.rə̀]

Numeral

tar̃à f

  1. nine

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /táː.ɽàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [táː.ɽàː]

Verb

tārā̀ (grade 1)

  1. collect, gather
  2. add up

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tà.ɽáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tə̀.ɽáː]

Verb

tàrā (grade 2)

  1. go to meet or welcome someone
  2. buy up something to resell later

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tàː.ɽáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tàː.ɽáː]

Noun

tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃)

  1. fine (of money)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tàː.ɽáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tàː.ɽáː]

Noun

tā̀rā f (possessed form tā̀rar̃)

  1. being mindful, caring about something

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtara/ [ˈt̪a.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tara, from Classical Malay tara (“equal”), probably from Old Javanese tara (“excellence, superiority”).

Noun

tara

  1. comparable, equal, equivalent
    Synonyms: banding, imbang, sama
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

tara

  1. 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

  1. picture, picture
    Synonyms: angan, imaji, gambar

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dutch tarra, from Italian tara, from Medieval Latin tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “rubbish, refuse”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “reject, deduct”).

Noun

tara

  1. tare (the empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight)
Alternative forms
  • tarra

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Nias [Term?].

Noun

tara

  1. small banana on the last bunch

Further reading

  • “tara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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)

  1. tare
  2. defect, vice, flaw
  3. (archaic) deficiency
Derived terms
  • tarare
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

  1. inflection of tarare:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • tara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • atra, rata

Japanese

Romanization

tara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たら

Javanese

Romanization

tara

  1. romanization of ꦠꦫ

Laboya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taːra]

Noun

tara

  1. thorn

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “tara”, in Lamboya word list‎[4], Leiden: LexiRumah

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • tarā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarha, related to Finnish tarha.

Noun

tara

  1. fence
  2. garden

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtara]

Noun

tara (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑ)

  1. anus

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaː.ra/

Verb

tara

  1. second-person singular imperfect of ra
  2. third-person feminine singular imperfect of ra

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”) – compare with Tahitian tara (“horn, spur, sting”), Tongan tala and Samoan tala. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tara

  1. spike, point
    1. thorn of a plant
    2. tooth of a comb, tine of a fork
    3. spine of a fish, barb of a stingray
    4. skewer
  2. peak of a mountain

Verb

tara

  1. (of the sun) to shine rays, to irradiate
  2. to disturb, to ruffle

Derived terms

  • taratara
  • whakatara
  • whakataratara

References

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tara”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 451
  • “tara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Miskito

Adjective

tara

  1. big, large
    Antonym: sirpi

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तर (tara, “intensifier”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophone: tāra
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Adverb

tara

  1. intensifier

Noun

tara

  1. manner, style
  2. peculiarity
  3. excellence, superiority

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)
  • >? Malay: tara
    • Indonesian: tara

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 forms

Etymology

Part of or extracted from the verb tarati.

Verb

tara

  1. third-person singular present active of tarati (“to cross over”)

Noun

tara m

  1. The Pali root tar


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

From trzeć.

Noun

tara f

  1. washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)
    Synonym: tarka
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa).

Noun

tara f

  1. 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)

  1. tare (the empty weight of a container)
  2. (colloquial) obsession, mania
    Synonyms: mania, obsessão
  3. (colloquial) flaw, defect
    Synonym: defeito
  4. (slang) sexual fetish or desire
    Synonyms: perversão, fetiche

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

  1. inflection of tarar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “tara”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  • “tara”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
  • “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, 2003–2025
  • “tara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  • “tara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Rohingya

Alternative forms

  • 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝 (tara) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

tara (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝)

  1. star

Romanian

Noun

tara f (plural tarale)

  1. alternative form of tară

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian tara, possibly through Ottoman Turkish طاره (dara).

Noun

tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏ра)

  1. tare

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪a.ɾa]
  • 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)

  1. tare (empty weight of a container)
  2. defect, flaw, vice
  3. deficiency
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tara.

Noun

tara f (plural taras)

  2. (Bolivia, Peru) A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tara

  1. inflection of tarar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “tara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English tother.

Adjective

tara

  1. obsolete form of tra

References

Sundanese

Etymology

teu (“not”) + ara (“ever”, Banten dialect)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ra/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Adverb

tara

  1. never; rarely
    Synonym: tilok (Banten)

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from tayo na or from tana.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈɾa/ [t̪ɐˈɾa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra

Interjection

tará (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ) (colloquial)

  1. let's go!
    Synonyms: tana, tayo na, (backslang) arat, (slang) taralets
    Tara, alisan na. ― Let's go, it's time to leave.
  2. (Bataan) goodbye! (when about to leave)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tara.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪aː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra

Noun

tara (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ)

  1. tare (empty weight of a container, used to determine the weight of its contents)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaɾa/ [ˈt̪aː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra

Noun

tara (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. 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

  • arat

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tara

  1. thorn, spike
  2. sting of an insect
  3. spur
  4. horn

References

Further reading

  • Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
  • “tara” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tarifit

Noun

tara f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⵔⴰ, plural tariwin)

  1. alternative spelling of tařa: spring, fountain

Turkish

Noun

tara (definite accusative tarayı, plural taralar)

  1. grain

Verb

tara

  1. second-person singular imperative of taramak

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarha.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑrɑ/, [ˈtɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Noun

tara

  1. 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

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