Tara

See also: tara, tará, tāra, tåra, țara, țară, and ta-ra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːɹə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”).

Proper noun

Tara

1. An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
   • 1808 Thomas Moore, The Harp of Tara

     No more to chiefs and ladies bright

     The harp of Tara swells

2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage. Derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
3. A male given name.
   • 1952, Janice Holt Giles, Tara's Healing

     the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette

Related terms

• Tarah

Translations

Irish place name

• Irish: Teamhair f
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Etymology 2

18th century Eastern Tibetan thangka, with the Green Tara (Samaya Tara Yogini) in the center and the Blue, Red, White and Yellow taras in the corners, Rubin Museum of Art

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).

Proper noun

Tara

1. (Buddhism) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
2. A female given name from Sanskrit.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Tara (plural Taras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tara is the 40082^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 547 individuals. Tara is most common among White (58.5%), Asian/Pacific Islander (19.38%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• A.A.R.T., ATRA, Arta, atar, rata

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْح‎ (ṭarḥ, “subtraction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːʁa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ta‧ra

Noun

Tara f (genitive Tara, plural Taren)

1. (business) tare (the empty weight of a container)

   Coordinate terms: Brutto, Netto

Declension

Declension of Tara [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tara	die	Taren
genitive	einer	der	Tara	der	Taren
dative	einer	der	Tara	den	Taren
accusative	eine	die	Tara	die	Taren

Derived terms

• austarieren
• tarieren

Further reading

• Tara (Gewicht) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tara” in Duden online
• “Tara” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tara” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

Proper noun

Tara f

1. a female given name