Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tārā

/tˈɛɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tara
IPA: /tˈɛɹə/

2

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

Etymology

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: तारा

Rhymes With

pará hespera

Questions

How do you pronounce tārā?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɛɹə/.
What does tārā mean?: a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
Where does tārā come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce tārā

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