As a deity name
Name 338 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 968 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
तार · tār · s.m.
Thread, string; the warp or threads extended lengthwise in a loom; wire, cord, string of a musical instrument; uninterrupted series, line, continuation, succession — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 304
तार · tāra · s.m.
A shrill loud sound; a high note or tone (in music) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 304
तार · noun · masculine
रूपा । चाँदी · (सोना, चाँदी ताँबा, लोहा इत्यादि), धातुओं का सूत । तपी धातु को पीट और खींचकर बनाया हुआ तागा । रस्सी या तामे के रूप में परिणत धातु । धातुतंतु · धातु का वह तार या डोरी जिसके द्वारा बिजली की सहायता से एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान पर समाचार भेजा जाता है । टेलिग्राफ । जैसें,—उन दोनों गाँवों के बीच तार लगा है — Śabdasāgara
तार · noun · masculine
ताल । मजीरा · करताल नामक बाजा — Śabdasāgara
तार · masculine
the सप्तक (saptak) of highest pitch
तार · masculine
wire, cord; string; telegram
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi तार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit तार (tāra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tāra mfn. (√ tṝ) carrying across, a saviour, protector (Rudra), VS. xvi, 40; ŚiraUp.
(Viṣṇu), MBh. xiii, 6986
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian تار (tār). Doublet of तंत्र (tantra). Sense "telegram" is a calque of English wire. Compare Assamese তাৰ (tar), Bengali তার (tar).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
high (a note), loud, shrill a high tone, loud or shrill note, (compar. -tara and superl. -tama)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tāra" is the vocative of "tārā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
tāra mfn. (√ tṝ) carrying across, a saviour, protector (Rudra), VS. xvi, 40; ŚiraUp.
(Viṣṇu), MBh. xiii, 6986
high (a note), loud, shrill (mn.) a high tone, loud or shrill note, TāṇḍyaBr. vii, 1, 7 (compar. -tara and superl. -tama), TPrāt.
Śikṣā, MBh. vii; Mṛcch. &c.
(fr. stṛ?) shining, radiant, Megh.; Amar.; Kathās. lxxiii; Sāh.
tārā (ā), f. (g. bhidādi) a fixed star, asterism (cf. stṛ), Yājñ. iii, 172; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Mṛcch. iii, 10)
the pupil of the eye (chiefly ifc.), VarBṛS. lviii, 11 &c.
Alternative readings
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