# तारा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā), Doublet of सितारा (sitārā).
Cognate with Assamese তৰা (tora), Baluchi استار (istár, astár), Bengali তারা (tara), Dhivehi ތަރި (tari), Gojri تارو (tāro), Gujarati તારો (tāro), Marathi तारा (tārā), Maithili तारा (tārā), Nepali तारो (tāro), Odia ତାରା (tārā), Pashto ستوری (stóray), Persian ستاره (setâre), Punjabi تارا / ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Sinhalese තරුව (taruwa), and Sindhi تَارو / तारो (tāro).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/, [t̪äː.ɾäː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

तारा • (tārā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling تارا)
* star
    Synonym: सितारा (sitārā)
* (anatomy) pupil
    Synonym: पुतली (putlī)
    आँखों का तारा ― ā̃khõ kā tārā ― apple of one's eye (literally, “pupil of one's eye”)
* (figurative) fate, destiny

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪a.ɾa/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

#### Noun

तारा • (tārā) m
* a star
    Synonym: नक्षत्र (nakṣatra)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

तारा • (tārā) f
* a female given name, Tara, from Sanskrit

### Etymology 2

From तार (tār) +‎ -आ (-ā)

#### Noun

तारा • (tārā)
* plural of तार (tār, “string, wire”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तारा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t̪äɾä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: तारा

### Noun

तारा • (tārā)
* star

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* তাৰা (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬵᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
* তারা (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰯𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* တာရာ (Burmese script)
* તારા (Gujarati script)
* ਤਾਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ತಾರಾ (Kannada script)
* តារា (Khmer script)
* ຕາຣາ (Lao script)
* താരാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘰𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧑𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐵𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
* ତାରା (Odia script)
* ꢡꢵꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆳𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖯𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
* තාරා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚭𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
* தாரா (Tamil script)
* తారా (Telugu script)
* ตารา (Thai script)
* ཏཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒰𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Based on forms beginning with तार- (tāra-) of तृ (tṛ, “star”), a Vedic contraction of स्तृ (stṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (star-), Persian ستاره (setâre), Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) and Old English steorra (whence English star).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tɑ́ː.ɾɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪ɑː.ɾɑː/

### Noun

तारा • (tā́rā) stem, f
* star, asterism
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.55.2:श॒तं श्वे॒तास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ दि॒वि तारो॒ न रो॑चन्ते। म॒ह्ना दिवं॒ न त॑स्तभुः॥śatáṃ śvetā́sa ukṣáṇo diví tā́ro ná rocante. mahnā́ dívaṃ ná tastabhuḥ.A hundred white oxen shine like stars in the heaven, by their size they have almost held up theheavens.
* the pupil of the eye (chiefly at the end of a compound)
* (Samkhya philosophy) one of the 8 siddhis
* (music) name of a raga of six notes
* (Hinduism) Tara, second of the ten Mahavidyas
* (Buddhism) Tārā, a female Buddha
* (Hinduism) Tara, wife of Brihaspati

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

This includes descendants of the extended forms तारक (tāraka) and तारका (tārakā).
* Pali: tārā, tārakā
** → Old Javanese: tāra
*** Javanese: ꦠꦫ (tara)
*** → Balinese: ᬢᬭᬵ (tara)
** → Burmese: တာရာ (tara)
** → Tagalog: tala
** → Thai: ดารา (daa-raa)
* Prakrit: 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀸 (tārā), 𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀸 (tārayā)
** Apabhramsa: तारउ (tāraü) (see there for further descendants)
* → Malayalam: താരം (tāraṁ)
* → Telugu: తార (tāra)
* → Tamil: தாரை (tārai)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तारा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0443.