tar

tar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tar"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tarahumara.

Symbol

tar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Tarahumara.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Central Tarahumara terms

English

WOTD – 22 May 2007

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɑɹ/, [tʰɑɻ], [tʰɑɹ]
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /tæːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

PIE word
*dóru

From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (tree).

See also Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer; also Welsh derw (oaks), Lithuanian dervà (pinewood, resin), Russian де́рево (dérevo, tree), Bulgarian дърво́ (dǎrvó, tree). More at tree.

Noun

tar (countable and uncountable, plural tars)

  1. (usually uncountable) A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
    1. Coal tar.
    2. (uncountable) (often typeset "tar" in USA) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  2. (slang, dated) A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).
    Synonyms: Jack Tar, Jack tar, jacktar, jack, tarpaulin
    • 1723, Jonathan Swift, To Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough[2]:
      Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
      a ruminating tar was [] adorning [the wooden settle] with his jack-knife, [] trying his hand at a ship under full sail.
    • 1915, W. McMann, “Our Picture Show”, in Western Evening Herald:
      If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar.
  3. (uncountable) Ellipsis of black tar heroin.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (transitive) To coat with tar.
  2. (transitive) To besmirch.
    The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.
    • 1995, Paul Robinson, The Gate Contracts:
      Dr. Sign: In fact, maybe you think I should get credit, but if I do, Dr. Frendall will be scorned. You know why
      Dr. Ellsworth: Yes, I know. Your critics will tar him with the same brush as you.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of tape archive.

Noun

tar (plural tars)

  1. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
  2. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tar (third-person singular simple present tars, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive.
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra.

Alternative forms

  • tār

Noun

tar (plural tars)

  1. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
    • 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times[3], archived from the original on 9 April 2022:
      MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Arabic طار (ṭār).

    Noun

    tar (plural tars)

    1. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
    See also
    • Appendix:Glossary of membranophones
    References

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    tar (plural tars)

    1. Alternative form of tara (Indian coin).

    Anagrams

    Aromanian

    Noun

    tar m (plural tari)

    1. donkey

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Asturian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Leonese estar, from Latin stāre. Compare Spanish estar, Aragonese estar, Galician estar, Portuguese estar, Catalan estar.

    Verb

    tar

    1. to be (referring to geographical place)
    2. to be (referring to something temporary)
    3. to be (for use in constructing continuous verb forms)
      tas xugandoyou are playing

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • ¡tate!
    • ta bien
    • tar a
    • tar de
    • tar en que
    • tar pa

    See also

    Further reading

    • tar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
    • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “tar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

    Azerbaijani

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Persian تار (târ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [tɑr]
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    tar (definite accusative tarı, plural tarlar)

    1. tar

    Declension

    Declension of tar
    singular plural
    nominative tartarlar
    definite accusative tarıtarları
    dative taratarlara
    locative tardatarlarda
    ablative tardantarlardan
    definite genitive tarıntarların
    Possessive forms of tar
    nominative
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarım tarlarım
    sənin (your) tarın tarların
    onun (his/her/its) tarı tarları
    bizim (our) tarımız tarlarımız
    sizin (your) tarınız tarlarınız
    onların (their) tarı or tarları tarları
    accusative
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarımı tarlarımı
    sənin (your) tarını tarlarını
    onun (his/her/its) tarını tarlarını
    bizim (our) tarımızı tarlarımızı
    sizin (your) tarınızı tarlarınızı
    onların (their) tarını or tarlarını tarlarını
    dative
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarıma tarlarıma
    sənin (your) tarına tarlarına
    onun (his/her/its) tarına tarlarına
    bizim (our) tarımıza tarlarımıza
    sizin (your) tarınıza tarlarınıza
    onların (their) tarına or tarlarına tarlarına
    locative
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarımda tarlarımda
    sənin (your) tarında tarlarında
    onun (his/her/its) tarında tarlarında
    bizim (our) tarımızda tarlarımızda
    sizin (your) tarınızda tarlarınızda
    onların (their) tarında or tarlarında tarlarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarımdan tarlarımdan
    sənin (your) tarından tarlarından
    onun (his/her/its) tarından tarlarından
    bizim (our) tarımızdan tarlarımızdan
    sizin (your) tarınızdan tarlarınızdan
    onların (their) tarından or tarlarından tarlarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    mənim (my) tarımın tarlarımın
    sənin (your) tarının tarlarının
    onun (his/her/its) tarının tarlarının
    bizim (our) tarımızın tarlarımızın
    sizin (your) tarınızın tarlarınızın
    onların (their) tarının or tarlarının tarlarının

    Chungli Ao

    Etymology

    From Proto-Central Naga *a-(h)rə.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /taɾ˧/, [taɾ˧]

    Noun

    tar

    1. intestine

    Further reading

    • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[4], Berkeley: University of California, pages 91-92, 206
    • Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 132

    Hungarian

    Etymology

    Borrowing from an Oghur language, before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries),[1] from Proto-Turkic *tāŕ (bald). Cognates include Turkish dazlak (bald), Karakhanid تازْ (tāz, bald), and Middle Mongol [script needed] (tarasun, bald), the latter perhaps a Turkic borrowing too.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈtɒr]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒr

    Adjective

    tar (not comparable)

    1. bald
      Synonym: kopasz

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative tar tarok
    accusative tart tarokat
    dative tarnak taroknak
    instrumental tarral tarokkal
    causal-final tarért tarokért
    translative tarrá tarokká
    terminative tarig tarokig
    essive-formal tarként tarokként
    essive-modal
    inessive tarban tarokban
    superessive taron tarokon
    adessive tarnál taroknál
    illative tarba tarokba
    sublative tarra tarokra
    allative tarhoz tarokhoz
    elative tarból tarokból
    delative tarról tarokról
    ablative tartól taroktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular
    taré taroké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural
    taréi tarokéi

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ tar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

    Further reading

    • tar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtar/ [ˈt̪ar]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ar
    • Syllabification: tar

    Etymology 1

    Unknown.

    Noun

    tar (plural tar-tar)

    1. alternative spelling of tir (chess pieces)

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.

    Noun

    tar (plural tar-tar)

    1. (onomatopoeic) whipping sound

    Etymology 3

    From Dutch taart, from Middle Dutch tāerte, from Old French tarte.

    Noun

    tar (plural tar-tar)

    1. (cooking) a type of cake
      Synonym: kue tar
    Alternative forms

    Etymology 4

    From English tar, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-. Doublet of ter and tir.

    Noun

    tar (plural tar-tar)

    1. tar, the solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke
    Usage notes

    Other definition of tar translated into ter or tir.

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    tar (plural tar-tar)

    1. (colloquial) apheretic form of sebentar

    Further reading

    Irish

    Etymology

    From Old Irish do·icc. The imperative is from a related verb, do·airicc.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑɾˠ/[1], /t̪ˠaɾˠ/

    Verb

    tar (present analytic tagann, future analytic tiocfaidh, verbal noun teacht, past participle tagtha)

    1. to come
      Tiocfaidh ár lá.
      Our day will come.
    2. to survive, pull through
      Bhí a ndeartháir ar leaba an bháis, ach tháinig sé.
      Their brother was on his deathbed, but he pulled through.
      Bádh a hathair agus tháinig a máthair.
      Her father drowned and her mother survived.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of tar (irregular)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present tagaim tagann tú;
    tagair
    tagann sé, sí tagaimid;
    tagann muid
    tagann sibh tagann siad;
    tagaid
    a thagann; a thagas tagtar
    past tháinig mé;
    thánag
    tháinig tú;
    thángais
    tháinig sé, sí thángamar;
    tháinig muid
    tháinig sibh;
    thángabhair
    tháinig siad;
    thángadar
    a tháinig thángthas
    past habitual thagainn /
    tagainn
    thagtá /
    tagtá
    thagadh sé, sí /
    tagadh sé, sí
    thagaimis;
    thagadh muid /
    tagaimis;
    tagadh muid
    thagadh sibh /
    tagadh sibh
    thagaidís; thagadh siad /
    tagaidís; tagadh siad
    a thagadh thagtaí /
    tagtaí
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future tiocfaidh mé;
    tiocfad
    tiocfaidh tú;
    tiocfair
    tiocfaidh sé, sí tiocfaimid;
    tiocfaidh muid
    tiocfaidh sibh tiocfaidh siad;
    tiocfaid
    a thiocfaidh, a thiocfas tiocfar
    conditional thiocfainn /
    tiocfainn
    thiocfá /
    tiocfá
    thiocfadh sé, sí /
    tiocfadh sé, sí
    thiocfaimis;
    thiocfadh muid /
    tiocfaimis;
    tiocfadh muid
    thiocfadh sibh /
    tiocfadh sibh
    thiocfaidís;
    thiocfadh siad /
    tiocfaidís;
    tiocfadh siad
    a thiocfadh thiocfaí /
    tiocfaí
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present go dtaga mé;
    go dtagad
    go dtaga tú;
    go dtagair
    go dtaga sé, sí go dtagaimid;
    go dtaga muid
    go dtaga sibh go dtaga siad;
    go dtagaid
    go dtagtar
    past dtagainn dtagtá dtagadh sé, sí dtagaimis;
    dtagadh muid
    dtagadh sibh dtagaidís; dá dtagadh siad dtagtaí
    imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    tagaim tar tagadh sé, sí tagaimis tagaigí;
    tagaidh
    tagaidís tagtar
    past participle tagtha
    verbal noun teacht

    archaic or dialect form
    dependent form

    Forms based on the stem tig- (e.g. tigim and tig/tigeann) are found in Ulster, North Mayo and parts of Munster; in at least some of these varieties there may also be spontaneous lenition to thig etc. even in environments where no lenition is expected. Forms based on the stem teag- (e.g. teagaim, teagann) are found in parts of Connacht.

    The present analytic tig is particularly common in tar le (be able).

    The obsolete present subjunctive is now found only in the preposition go dtí (to, toward, up to, until).

    Alternative forms of the second-person singular imperative include tair in Munster, teighre in Aran, teara in Connemara, and gabh in Ulster.

    Derived terms

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of tar
    radical lenition eclipsis
    tar thar dtar

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    1. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 194

    Karaim

    Etymology

    From Proto-Turkic *t(i)ār.

    Adjective

    tar

    1. narrow

    References

    • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “tar”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

    Karakalpak

    Etymology

    From Proto-Turkic *t(i)ār.

    Adjective

    tar

    1. narrow

    References

    • N. A. Baskakov, editor (1958), “тар”, in Karakalpaksko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Karakalpak-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Akademija Nauk Uzbekskoj SSR, →ISBN

    Maltese

    Root
    t-j-r
    9 terms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Arabic طَارَ (ṭāra).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /taːr/
      • Rhymes: -aːr

      Verb

      tar (imperfect jtir, verbal noun tajran)

      1. to fly
        • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
          Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
          u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
          ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
          qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. to be quick

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of tar (Form I)
      positive forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m tirt tirt tar tirna tirtu taru
      f taret
      imperfect m ntir ttir jtir ntiru ttiru jtiru
      f ttir
      imperative tir tiru

      Manx

      Etymology

      From Old Irish do·icc.

      Verb

      tar (verbal noun çheet, simple past haink, future hig, conditional harragh)

      1. to come
        Haink ee er etlan.
        She came by plane.

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of tar
      first analytical
      singular plural
      future independent higym higmayd hig
      dependent jigym jigmayd jig
      relative (no future relative form)
      conditional independent harrin harragh
      dependent darrin darragh
      past haink
      verbal noun çheet
      past participle (no past participle form)

      Derived terms

      • tar er-ash (return)

      Middle English

      Etymology 1

      Noun

      tar

      1. alternative form of tare (vetch)

      Etymology 2

      Determiner

      tar

      1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) alternative form of þeir

      Mizo

      Etymology

      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tar.

      Adjective

      tar

      1. old

      Further reading

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      tar

      1. present of ta

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Verb

      tar

      1. present of ta

      Old Irish

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        From Proto-Celtic *taras, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂és, from the root *terh₂- (to cross).[1]

        The voiced variant dar is the original one, since *t in proclitics regularly became d in Old Irish. Tar with a voiceless initial consonant is analogical after its conjugated forms.[2]

        Preposition

        tar (with accusative)

        1. over, across
        2. by (in oaths)

        Inflection

        Inflection of tar
        Person: normal emphatic
        singular first thorom, thorum thoromsa, thorumsa
        second torut torutsu
        third
        m or n
        dative
        accusative tarais
        third
        f
        dative
        accusative tairse
        plural first torunn+ torunni
        second toraib
        third dative
        accusative tairsiu

        Forms combined with the definite article:

        • tarsin (masculine/feminine singular)
        • tarsa (neuter singular)
        • tarsna (plural all genders)

        Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

        Forms combined with the relative particle:

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Irish: thar
        • Manx: har, harrish
        • Scottish Gaelic: thar

        References

        1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*taras”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 370
        2. ^ McCone, Kim (1981), “Final /t/ to /d/ after Unstressed Vowels, and an Old Irish Sound Law”, in Ériu[1], volume 32, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 25 November 2022, pages 29–44

        Further reading

        Pali

        Etymology

        Inherited from Sanskrit तॄ (tṝ).

        Root

        tar (Pali name tara)

        1. to cross

        Derived terms

        Verbs
        Adjectives

        Polish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtar/
        • Rhymes: -ar
        • Syllabification: tar

        Noun

        tar f

        1. genitive plural of tara

        Portuguese

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

         
         
        • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtaɾ/
          • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɾi/

        • Rhymes: -aɾ

        Verb

        tar

        1. (chiefly Portugal) clipping of estar
          • 1983, Manuel da Costa Fontes, Romanceiro da Ilha de São Jorge, Universidade de Coimbra, page 236:
            Eu tou aqui nesta serra
            I’m here in this mountain chain

        Conjugation

        Romanian

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Hungarian tár.

        Noun

        tar m (plural taruri)

        1. unit of measurement for weights

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative tar tarul taruri tarurii
        genitive-dative tar tarului taruri tarurilor
        vocative tarule tarurilor

        Sumerian

        Romanization

        tar

        1. romanization of 𒋻 (tar)

        Swedish

        Verb

        tar

        1. present indicative of ta

        Anagrams

        Yola

        Etymology

        From Middle English tar, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /tar/

        Noun

        tar

        1. tar
          • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:
            Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"
            "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"

        References

        • Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[5], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132