تارة

Arabic

Etymology

Of a little-developed root. أَتَارَ‎ (ʾatāra, “to repeat”, form IV) is clearly denominal, and about تَارَ‎ (tāra, “to run, to flow (of blood)”) even the Classical Arabic lexicographers have had little to say other than that it is obsolete, and as the examples of آنَ‎ (ʾāna), حَانَ‎ (ḥāna), أَنَى‎ (ʾanā) illustrate, the base stem too tends to be secondary in relation to a time word. In spite of طَوْر‎ (ṭawr, “time”) not directly related to it but probably a borrowing from Aramaic, compare Jewish Literary Aramaic תּוּר‎ (tōr, “to go around (a border)”)[1], rather than cognate to Arabic ث و ر‎ (ṯ-w-r) or د و ر‎ (d-w-r) (whence Arabic دَوْرَة‎ (dawra, “period”))[2] denominal from תּוֹרָא‎ (tōrā, “line, row; cord, band”), which means this word is the same word as تُرّ‎ (turr, “plumb line”), figurative uses from drawing a line forth and back as times pass—compare also تَوّ‎ (taww, “a knot; an instance”). Exactly the meanings are found in Hebrew תּוֹר‎ (tōr, “queue, line; turn; appointment; period”).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taː.ra/

Noun

تَارَة • (tāra) f (plural تَارَات‎ (tārāt))

(usually used adverbially) a time
Synonym: مَرَّة‎ (marra)

Declension

Declension of noun تَارَة (tāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَارَة tāra	التَّارَة‎ at-tāra	تَارَة tārat
Nominative	تَارَةٌ tāratun	التَّارَةُ‎ at-tāratu	تَارَةُ tāratu
Accusative	تَارَةً tāratan	التَّارَةَ‎ at-tārata	تَارَةَ tārata
Genitive	تَارَةٍ tāratin	التَّارَةِ‎ at-tārati	تَارَةِ tārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَارَتَيْن‎ tāratayn	التَّارَتَيْن‎ at-tāratayn	تَارَتَيْ‎ tāratay
Nominative	تَارَتَانِ‎ tāratāni	التَّارَتَانِ‎ at-tāratāni	تَارَتَا‎ tāratā
Accusative	تَارَتَيْنِ‎ tāratayni	التَّارَتَيْنِ‎ at-tāratayni	تَارَتَيْ‎ tāratay
Genitive	تَارَتَيْنِ‎ tāratayni	التَّارَتَيْنِ‎ at-tāratayni	تَارَتَيْ‎ tāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَارَات‎ tārāt	التَّارَات‎ at-tārāt	تَارَات‎ tārāt
Nominative	تَارَاتٌ‎ tārātun	التَّارَاتُ‎ at-tārātu	تَارَاتُ‎ tārātu
Accusative	تَارَاتٍ‎ tārātin	التَّارَاتِ‎ at-tārāti	تَارَاتِ‎ tārāti
Genitive	تَارَاتٍ‎ tārātin	التَّارَاتِ‎ at-tārāti	تَارَاتِ‎ tārāti

References

“تارة” in Almaany
Lane, Edward William (1863), “تارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 322b–c where there are also suspicious vacillations about the original form of the word.

“tˀr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Notwithstanding the difficulty of correspondence this is considered in Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 227
A comparison the 2017 Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou also makes, without any origin conclusion, equally comparing Hebrew טוּר‎ (ṭūr, “line, row; series”) and Hebrew דוֹר‎ (dōr, “circle of time, period, generation”).

[1] “tˀr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

[2] Notwithstanding the difficulty of correspondence this is considered in Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 227

[3] A comparison the 2017 Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou also makes, without any origin conclusion, equally comparing Hebrew טוּר‎ (ṭūr, “line, row; series”) and Hebrew דוֹר‎ (dōr, “circle of time, period, generation”).