तारा
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit तारा (tārā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Nepali
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
- ᬢᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- তাৰা (Assamese script)
- তারা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- તારા (Gujarati script)
- ꦠꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- ತಾರಾ (Kannada script)
- တာရာ (Burmese script)
- ତାରା (Oriya script)
- ꢡꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- తారా (Telugu script)
- ཏཱརཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Noun
तारा • (tārā) f
- a fixed star, asterism
- the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
- a kind of meteor
- (Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
- (music) name of a raga of six notes
- a kind of perfume
- a form of दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas)
- name of a Buddhist goddess
- name of Brihaspati's wife (carried off by soma)
- name of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha
- of a shakti
- name of a yogini
- 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
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “तारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0443.
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