English

Proper noun

Tara

1. An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
   • 1808 Thomas Moore, The Harp of Tara

     No more to chiefs and ladies bright

     The harp of Tara swells

2. A female given name used since the 20th century, derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
3. A male given name.
   • Janice Holt Giles, Tara's Healing

     the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette

Translations

Related terms

• Tarah

Etymology 2

18th century Eastern Tibetan thangka, with the Green Tara (Samaya Tara Yogini) in the center and the Blue, Red, White and Yellow taras in the corners, Rubin Museum of Art

From Sanskrit तारा ‎(tārā, “star”).

Proper noun

Tara

1. (Buddhism) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
2. A female given name.

Anagrams

• Arta
• atar
• ATRA

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

Proper noun

Tara f

1. A female given name

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ta-ra

Interjection

tara

1. (Northern England or informal) goodbye; equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta
   • 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

See also

• ta ta

Anagrams

• Arta
• atar
• ATRA

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾə/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɾa/

Noun

tara f ‎(plural tares)

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

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• tiara

Etymology

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

Noun

tara f

1. earth, ground

French

Verb

tara

1. third-person singular past historic of tarer

Anagrams

• rata, râta

Hausa

Numeral

tar̃à

1. nine

Verb

tara

1. to add to

Italian

Etymology

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

Verb

tara

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

Descendants

• French: tare

Anagrams

• atra, rata

Japanese

Romanization

tara

1. rōmaji reading of たら

Miskito

Adjective

tara

1. big, large

Antonyms

• sirpi

Portuguese

Etymology

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
3. (colloquial) flaw, defect
4. (slang) sexual fetish or desire

Synonyms

• (obsession): mania, obsessão
• (flaw): defeito
• (sexual fetish): perversão, fetiche

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali তারা ‎(tara).

Noun

tara

1. star

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tȁra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling та̏ра)

1. tare

Declension

Spanish

Noun

tara f ‎(plural taras)

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

Related terms

• tarado

Tagalog

Etymology

From tayo na.

Verb

tara

1. (colloquial) Let's go.

   Tara, alisan na.

   Let's go, it's time to leave.

Tahitian

Noun

tara

1. horn

Turkish

Noun

tara ‎(definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

1. grain

Verb

tara

1. imperative of taramak