Tamara

See also: tamara, tamará, tâmara, and Tamāra

English

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, date palm).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /tɑmɑɹə/, IPA(key): /təmæɹə/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /təmɛɹə/

Proper noun

Tamara

  1. A female given name, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.

Translations

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtamara]

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Tamara.

Faroese

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Tamara: Tamaruson
  • daughter of Tamara: Tamarudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Tamara
Accusative Tamaru
Dative Tamaru
Genitive Tamaru

German

Etymology

From Russian Тама́ра (Tamára).

Proper noun

Tamara f (genitive Tamara)

  1. A female given name

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Tamāra.

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. A female given name.
  2. A transliteration of Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).

References

  • Population Register of Latvia: Tamara was the only given name of 1409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.ˈma.ɾɐ/, /tɐ.ˈma.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tamara f (Cyrillic spelling Тамара)

  1. A female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtamara/

Proper noun

Tamara f (genitive Tamary, nominative plural Tamary) declension pattern žena

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Further reading

  • Tamara in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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