տարա

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • տառա (taṙa)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian տառայ (taṙay), from Ottoman Turkish طاره (dara, tara), from Italian tara.

Pronunciation

Noun

տարա • (tara) (traditional orthography spelling տարայ)

  1. container (bag, box, trunk, etc.)
  2. tare weight (empty weight of a container)

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “տառա”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 331
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “տառա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 148
  • տարա”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “տարա”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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