تار

See also: باژ‎, باز‎, تاز‎, بار‎, پار‎, ثأر‎, and ثار‎

Persian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʰɒːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾr /tār/, “darkness”), from Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate to Avestan 𐬙𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀‎ (tąθra), Khotanese [script needed] (ttāra-), Pashto تور‎ (“black”), Ossetian тар (tar), Sanskrit तमिस्र (tamisra), Latin tenebrae.

Adjective

تار • (târ)

  1. dark
  2. obscure
  3. dim
  4. bleary

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”); see there for more.

Noun

تار • (târ) (plural تارها‎ (târ-hâ))

  1. string
  2. cord
  3. tar (a classical musical instrument of Persia)
Descendants
  • → Armenian: թառ (tʿaṙ)

Urdu

Noun

تار • (tār) m (Hindi spelling तार)

  1. cord
  2. wire
  3. telegraph
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