تار
Khalaj
Adjective
تار (târ)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈtaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tār |
| Dari reading? | tār |
| Iranian reading? | târ |
| Tajik reading? | tor |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾr /tār/, “darkness”), from Proto-Iranian *támHsram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHsram, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-.
Cognate to Avestan 𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (tąθra), Pashto تور (tor, “black”), Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra), Latin tenebrae.
Adjective
تار • (târ)
Related terms
- تاریک (târik)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *tánθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”); see there for further information. Cognate to Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).
Noun
تار • (târ) (plural تارها)
- string; cord
- Synonym: رشته (rešte)
- warp
- Coordinate term: پود (pud)
- tar (a classical musical instrument of Persia)
Derived terms
- تار عنکبوت (târ-e ankabut, “spiderweb”)
- تار و پود (târ o pud, “warp and weft; basic structure”)
Descendants
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ت و ر |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
تار • (tār) I (present بتور (bitūr))
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | ترت (turt) | ترت (turt) | تار (tār) | ترنا (turna) | ترتو (turtu) | تارو (tāru) | |
| f | ترتي (turti) | تارت (tārat) | ||||||
| present | m | بتور (batūr) | بتتور (bittūr) | بتور (bitūr) | منتور (mintūr) | بتتورو (bittūru) | بيتورو (bitūru) | |
| f | بتتوري (bittūri) | بتتور (bittūr) | ||||||
| subjunctive | m | اتور (atūr) | تتور (ttūr) | يتور (ytūr) | نتور (ntūr) | تتورو (ttūru) | يتورو (ytūru) | |
| f | تتوري (ttūri) | تتور (ttūr) | ||||||
| imperative | m | تور (tūr) | تورو (tūru) | |||||
| f | توري (tūri) | |||||||
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَار (tār). First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi تار (tar /tār/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
Noun
تار • (tār) m (Hindi spelling तार)
- cord, wire
- (technology) cable
- (dated) telegraph
- string, thread
- (music) cord, wire (of an instrument)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | تار (tār) | تار (tār) |
| oblique | تار (tār) | تاروں (tārõ) |
| vocative | تار (tār) | تارو (tāro) |
References
Further reading
- “تار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “تار”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑr/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *tār.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish dar.
Adjective
تار • (tar)
Etymology 2
Noun
تار • (tar) (plural تارلار (tarlar))
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ta:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 528
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*d(i)ār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
- Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN