tara

Alternative forms

• ta-ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæˈɹɑː/, /təˈɹɑː/ (note: Stress on 2nd syllable, unlike the proper name Tara)

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.

Anagrams

• A.A.R.T., ATRA, Arta, atar, rata

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɾa/

Noun

tara f (plural tares)

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

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

Verb

tara

1. third-person singular past historic of tarer

Anagrams

• rata, râta

Etymology 1

Considered by Blench to be likely derived from a Plateau Benue-Congo language; compare Horom taras, Che ataras, Fyam téres.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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Etymology 5

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

Anagrams

• atra, rata

Romanization

tara

1. Rōmaji transcription of たら

Alternative forms

• (Courland) tarā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tarha, related to Finnish tarha.

Noun

tara

1. fence
2. garden

Adjective

tara

1. big, large

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

Etymology

From Bengali তারা (tara).

Noun

tara

1. star

Noun

tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏ра)

1. tare

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tara, from Andalusian Arabic طَرْحَة‎ (“that which is thrown away”), a derivative of Arabic طَرَحَ‎ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).

Noun

tara f (plural taras)

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

Etymology

From tayo na.

Verb

tara

1. (colloquial) Let's go.

   Tara, alisan na.

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

Noun

tara

1. horn

Noun

tara (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. grain

Verb

tara

1. imperative of taramak