तारा تارا ♣ Eng. star, stellar

तारा تارا ♣ Eng. star, stellar

[tārā], m. a star, pupil (of the eye).

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. tārā- f. ‘star’ (Pk. also ‘pupil of eye’) ◀OIA tāraká- ‘belonging to the stars’ VS, tārā- f. ‘fixed star’ Yājñ., tā́raḥ nom. pl. RV., tā́rakā- f. ‘star’ AV., stŕ̥bhiḥ ‘star’ inst. pl. RV. <stŕ̥- ‘star’ ◀PIE *stē̆r- ‘star’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. star ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. stellar, constellation, asterisk, disaster ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0304; (Turner, 1966) 5798, 13713; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 299; (MW, 1899) 1260; (Pokorny, 1959) 1027; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.755