تارا

Borrowed from an Indian language (cf. Hindi तारा (tārā), Urdu تارا (tārā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with English star. Doublet of ستاره.

تارا • (târâ)

1. (archaic or obsolete) star

تارا • (târâ)

1. a female given name, Tara

• تارَہ (tārah)

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of ستارہ (sitārā).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪äː.ɾäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: تا‧را

تَارا • (tārā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਾਰਾ)

1. (astronomy) star

   Synonym: سِتارَہ (sitārah)

2. asterisk
3. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
4. (astrology) destiny (that is influenced by a planet)
5. (figuratively) something that appears small due to the distance
6. (endearing) a star; dear

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تارا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਤਾਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

• تارَہ (tāra)

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā). Doublet of سِتارَہ (sitāra).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: تا‧را

تارا • (tārā) m (Hindi spelling तारा)

1. (astronomy) star
2. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
3. (figuratively, games) a pigeon.
4. (astrology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• ستارہ (sitāra)

• “تارا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تارا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.