تار

تار (târ)

1. Arabic spelling of târ (“narrow, tight”)

Readings
Classical reading?	tār
Dari reading?	tār
Iranian reading?	târ
Tajik reading?	tor

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.

تار • (târ)

1. dark; obscure; dim

   هوای تار ― havâ-ye târ ― dark sky; dark weather

2. bleary; dim
3. faint; unclear

• تاریک (târik)

From Proto-Iranian *tánθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”); see there for further information. Cognate to tantra.

تار • (târ) (plural تارها (târ-hâ))

1. string; cord

   Synonym: رشته (rešte)

2. warp

   Coordinate term: پود (pud)

3. tar (a classical musical instrument of Persia)

• → English: tar
• → Hindi: तार (tār)
• → Armenian: թառ (tʻaṙ)
• → Uyghur: تار (tar)

Root
ت و ر
1 term

From Arabic ثَارَ (ṯāra).

• IPA^(key): /taːr/, [tɑːrˤ]

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تار • (tār) I (present بتور (bitūr))

1. to rebel, to revolt

Conjugation of تار (tār)
		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)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تار (târ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

تار • (tār) m (Hindi spelling तार)

1. cord, wire
2. string
3. telegraph

Declension of تار
	singular	plural
direct	تار (tār)	تار (tār)
oblique	تار (tār)	تاروں (tārõ)
vocative	تار (tār)	تارو (tāro)

• “تار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

• IPA^(key): /tɑr/

From Proto-Turkic *tār.^[1][2] Cognates with Turkish dar.

تار • (tar)

1. narrow, cramped
2. tight, taut

From Persian تار (târ)

تار • (tar) (plural تارلار (tarlar))

1. string, cord

• 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