tara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tara"

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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)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Interjection

tara

1. (UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands, Wales 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 Māori tara (“tern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːrɑː/

Noun

tara (plural taras)

1. (New Zealand, rare) The tern.
   • 1909, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 273:

     These are Hine-karoro (origin and personification of the karoro, or black-billed gull), the next born being Hine-tara (the tara, or tern); the next is Hine-tore. The last born of that lot was Punga, the origin of […]

   • 1977, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Treasury of Maori Exploration: Legends Relating to the First Polynesian Explorers of New Zealand, Raupo:

     Another account says that a tara (tern) and other birds alighted at Tahunatapu, the first part of the fish to surface, and that Maui greeted its appearance with an incantation that included the words : Appears the great land lying […]

   • 2003, Margaret Orbell, Birds of Aotearoa: A Natural and Cultural History, Raupo:

     Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern. […]

   • 2004, Alexander Wyclif Reed, Ross Calman, Reed Book of Maori Mythology, Raupo:

     Again it is said that the tara (tern) alighted on the new land at Tahunatapu, the first part to emerge from the sea, and was followed by other birds. Māui recited an incantation of welcome which included the words : Appears the […]

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.
   • 1979, The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, volume 41, page 70:

     The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.

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
   • 2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.

Derived terms

• tara flour
• tara gum

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 1

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

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], April 2007

Central Bikol

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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

• pataratara
• Tara Kagurangnan Maria

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• tiara

Etymology

From Latin terra. Compare Italian and Portuguese terra, Romansh 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/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France):

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Verb

tara

1. third-person singular past historic of tarer

Anagrams

• rata, râta

Hausa

Etymology 1

Hausa numbers ^(edit)

	90
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Cardinal: tar̃à

Uncertain.

• Perhaps related to Kabyle tẓa, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵥⴰ (tẓa) from Proto-Berber *tăẓa & Proto-Semitic *tišʕ-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *tVsʕ-.
• Considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Horom taras, Che ataras, Fyam téres, Yeskwa tɔla.
• From *biyat-afura (5+4).

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

• bertara
• kesetaraan
• menarakan
• menyetarakan
• penyetara
• penyetaraan
• setara
• tertara

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

• → Dutch: tarra
  • → Indonesian: tara
• → Estonian: taara
• → German: Tara
  • → Russian: тара (tara)
• → Middle French: tare
  • French: tare
    • → Romanian: tară
  • → English: tare
• → Ottoman Turkish: طاره (dara)
  • → Middle Armenian: տառայ (taṙay)
    • Armenian: տարա (tara)
  • → Romanian: dara
• → Polish: tara
• → Serbo-Croatian: tara / тара
• → Swedish: tara
  • → Finnish: taara

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
2. Rōmaji transcription of タラ

Javanese

Romanization

tara

1. romanization of ꦠꦫ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Possibly from ikatana or from itana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈɾa/ [təˈɾa]

Interjection

tara (colloquial)

1. let's go!

   Synonyms: tana, ikatana, (backslang) arat, (slang) taralets

   Tara mako tana. ― Let's go, it's time to leave.

2. come on; hurry up; quick

   Synonyms: mekeni, lagua, bilis

   Tara magsaya 1!2!3! ― Come on, let's have some fun 1!2!3!

Derived terms

• arat
• tara-tara
• taralets

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taːra]

Noun

tara

1. thorn

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “tara”, in Lamboya word list‎^[5], Leiden: LexiRumah

Livonian

Noun

tara

1. Salaca form of tarā (“fence; garden”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtara/, [ˈt̪ʰa.ra]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

Cognate of Malay tadah.

Verb

tara (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑ, semi-transitive annara)

1. (transitive) to take on as a burden; to endure; to bear

   Takkulleai kutara bambanga

   I cannot bear the heat.

   Inakkepa antarangasengi pattujuanna

   I will take on the execution of all his orders.

Derived terms

affixations

• annara
• appatara
• pannarài
• pappatara
• patara
• patarai
• patarài
• tarài
• tattara

Etymology 2

Cognate of Mandar taraq (“anus”).

Noun

tara (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑ)

1. (anatomy) anus

Derived terms

compounds

• tara aʼlisu
• tara didi

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malagasy

Etymology

Possibly from French tard.

Adjective

tara

1. late, not arriving until after an expected time

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ra/
• Rhymes: -aːra

Verb

tara

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

Māori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tala₁ (“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.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtara/ [ˈtɐɾɐ]

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tala₂ “story, tale; to tell a story” (compare with Samoan tala and Tongan tala)

Verb

tara

1. to gossip

Noun

tara

1. gossip
2. scandal

Derived terms

• whakatara

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “tara”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 451
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “tara”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[6], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Miskito

Adjective

tara

1. big, large

   Antonym: sirpi

References

• Melgara Brown, Dionisio Francisco (2008), “tara”, in Diccionario español-miskito miskito-español (overall work in Spanish), Waspam, Río Coco, page 438

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) +‎ a (“his, her, its, their”).

Alternative forms

• dara, tra

Determiner

tara (triggers lenition in the meaning “his, its”, /h/-prothesis in the meaning “her”, and nasalization in the meaning “their”)

1. over/across his/her/its/their

Etymology 2

tar (“over, across”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Alternative forms

• dara, tarsa

Pronoun

tara

1. over/across which/whom

Derived terms

• tara·tóissed

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.

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably of non-Germanic origin and rather borrowed from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”); compare Welsh taran.

Noun

tara f

1. war
2. fight
3. battle

Usage notes

Poetic word, chiefly attested in skaldic diction and þulur.

Descendants

• →? Scottish Gaelic: crann-tara

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “tara”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• तर (Devanagari script)
• তর (Bengali script)
• තර (Sinhalese script)
• တရ (Burmese script)
• ตร or ตะระ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕຣ or ຕະຣະ (Lao script)
• តរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄢 (Chakma script)

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
   • [c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:

     62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
     bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
     sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
     phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi

     62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.]

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ra/

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈta.ra]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ta‧ra

Etymology 1

Back-formation from tarka.

Noun

tara f

1. washboard (board used to hand wash laundry)

   Synonym: tarka

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tary
genitive	tary	tar
dative	tarze	tarom
accusative	tarę	tary
instrumental	tarą	tarami
locative	tarze	tarach
vocative	taro	tary

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tara f

1. tare (the empty weight of a container)

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tary
genitive	tary	tar
dative	tarze	tarom
accusative	tarę	tary
instrumental	tarą	tarami
locative	tarze	tarach
vocative	taro	tary

Further reading

• “tara”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tara”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “tara”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 59

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾɐ/

• 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tara”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “tara” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝 (tara) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

tara (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴝𐴌𐴝)

1. star

References

• ⁠“tara” in Webonary.org

Romanian

Noun

tara f (plural tarale)

1. alternative form of tară

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tara	taraua	tarale	taralele
genitive-dative	tarale	taralei	tarale	taralelor
vocative	tara		taralelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏ра)

1. tare

Declension

Declension of tara

	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tare
genitive	tare	tara
dative	tari	tarama
accusative	taru	tare
vocative	taro	tare
locative	tari	tarama
instrumental	tarom	tarama

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

   Synonyms: defecto, falla

3. deficiency

   Synonym: deficiencia

Derived terms

• destarar
• tarar

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English tother.

Adjective

tara

1. obsolete form of tra

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

tara (Sundanese script ᮒᮛ)

1. never; rarely

   Synonym: tilok (Banten)

   "Urang mah tara ulin di mal, da di imah waé."

   "I rarely go to the mall, I'm always at home."

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

• arat
• taralets

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

Further reading

• Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎^[9] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
• “tara” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

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, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrɑ/, [ˈtɑrɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrɑ/, [ˈtɑrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Hyphenation: ta‧ra

Noun

tara

1. vegetable garden

Inflection

Declension of tara (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tara	tarad
genitive	tara	tarojõ
partitive	tarra	taroit
illative	tarasõ, tarra	taroisõ
inessive	taraz	taroiz
elative	tarass	taroiss
allative	tarallõ	taroillõ
adessive	tarall	taroill
ablative	taralt	taroilt
translative	tarassi	taroissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “tara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[10], 2nd edition, Tallinn