Given name · Persian
تارا
تارا (târâ) is a feminine given name from Hindi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: târâ.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
تارا comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi तारा, from Urdu تارا (tārā), from Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ, from Sanskrit तारा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
تارا’s family of names
In Persian usage, تارا shares a linguistic root with the English form Star. In Persian usage, تارا can be written in the Roman alphabet as târâ. In Persian usage, تارا shares an earlier linguistic root with ستاره.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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