tar

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɑɹ/, [tʰɑɻ], [tʰɑɹ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą (compare Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer), from Proto-Indo-European *derwo- (compare Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian де́рево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво́ (dǎrvó, “tree”)), from *dóru (“tree”). More at tree.

Noun

tar (countable and uncountable, plural tars)

1. (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. Coal tar.
3. (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
4. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.

   Synonym: Jack Tar
5. (uncountable) Black tar, a form of 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.

Derived terms

• tar and feather
• tar out
• tar with the same brush, tar with the same stick (dated)

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

• untar

Derived terms

• untar

Etymology 3

From Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra.

Alternative forms

• tār

Noun

tar (plural tars)

2. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Etymology 4

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

• 2001. Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion. Chalo Eduardo, Frank Kumor. Pg. 18.

Etymology 5

Noun

tar (plural tars)

1. Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”)

Anagrams

• RAT, TRA, ART, ATR, art, RTA, rat, Rat, rta, Art, tra, 'rat, 'art, art.

Aromanian

Noun

tar m (plural tari)

1. donkey

Synonyms

• gumar/yumar, shonj/shonjiu, cãci, tãronj/tãroanji, uci, uricljat, dãnglãrã, dãngã

Derived terms

• tãronj

Asturian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō. 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 xugando ― you are playing

Conjugation

• Reference: http://www.academiadelallingua.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gramatica_Llingua.pdf

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تار (târ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑr]

Noun

tar (definite accusative tarı, plural tarlar)

1. tar

Declension

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), 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]
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Adjective

tar (not comparable)

1. bald

   Synonym: kopasz

Declension

Derived terms

• tarol

References

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tar/
• Hyphenation: tar
• Rhymes: -tar, -ar, -r

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

tar (first-person possessive tarku, second-person possessive tarmu, third-person possessive tarnya)

1. Alternative spelling of tir (chess pieces).

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

tar (first-person possessive tarku, second-person possessive tarmu, third-person possessive tarnya)

1. (onomatopoeic) whipping sound.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

tar (first-person possessive tarku, second-person possessive tarmu, third-person possessive tarnya)

1. (cooking) a type of cake.

   Synonym: kue tar

Alternative forms

• tart [tat] (Standard Malay)

Etymology 4

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

Noun

tar (first-person possessive tarku, second-person possessive tarmu, third-person possessive tarnya)

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

Usage notes

Other definition of tar translated into ter or tir.

Etymology 5

Noun

tar (first-person possessive tarku, second-person possessive tarmu, third-person possessive tarnya)

1. (colloquial) aphetic form of sebentar.

Further reading

• “tar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaɾˠ/

Verb

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

1. to come

2. to survive, pull through

Conjugation

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 tí 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

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

Etymology

From Arabic طَارَ (ṭāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

tar (imperfect jtir, verbal noun tajran)

1. to fly
2. to be quick

Conjugation

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish do·icc.

Verb

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

1. to come

Conjugation

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

tar

1. present of ta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tar

1. present of ta

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dar

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *taras, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂és, from the root *terh₂- (“to cross”).

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.

Preposition

tar (with accusative)

1. over, across

Inflection

Forms combined with the definite article:

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

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

• tarm(u), darm (first person singular)
• t(a)ra, dara (third person)

Forms combined with a possessive pronoun:

• tar(s)a·, dara·

Derived terms

• tar cenn

Descendants

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

References

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 434, 854; reprinted 2017
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 150

Pali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तॄ (tṝ).

Root

tar (Pali name tara)

1. to cross

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tar f

1. genitive plural of tara

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tá (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

tar

1. (Portugal) Nonstandard spelling of estar.
   • 1983, Manuel da Costa Fontes, Romanceiro da Ilha de São Jorge, Universidade de Coimbra, page 236:

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian tár.

Noun

tar m (plural taruri)

1. unit of measurement for weights

Declension

Sumerian

Romanization

tar

1. Romanization of 𒋻 (tar)

Swedish

Verb

tar

1. present indicative of ta

Anagrams

• art

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔː/
• Homophone: thar

Noun

tar

1. tar

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132