تار tār
P تار tār [Zend tãthra, rt. tam = S. तम्], adj. & s.m. Dark, obscure (see tārīk and tīra);—darkness, obscurity;—top, summit, head or highest part (of anything), crown (of the head);—cf. S. तार, rt. तॄ).
تار तार tār
H & P تار तार tār [S. तन्त्र; and cf. S. तारः], s.m. Thread, string; the warp or threads extended lengthwise in a loom; wire, cord, string of a musical instrument; uninterrupted series, line, continuation, succession; a letter-file; the electric telegraph (=ṭār-barqī); a telegraphic message, telegram; a hair of a curl or ringlet; the hair-worm or guinea worm; the snout, sucking tube, or trunk of most winged insects; the antennæ or feelers of prawns, flies, &c.; a bit, piece:—tār bāṅdhnā (-ke), To continue or repeat (an act) without interruption:—tār-bijlī, s.f. Lightning-conductor;—the electric spark:—tār-barqī, s.f. The electric wire, electric telegraph; a telegram:—tār bandhnā or bandh-jānā (-ke), To take place uninterruptedly or continuously (an act), to be continued or repeated without interruption:—tār-patār, adj. Scattered, dispersed (=ćhin-bhinn):—tār-tār, adv. Piece by piece, piecemeal; distinctly; in pieces or shreds, tattered and torn:—tār-tār bolnā, v.n. To speak in detail or distinctly:—tār tār karnā (-ke), To tear to pieces or into shreds:—tār ṭūṭnā (-ke), To be broken in continuity; to be interrupted; to be disjointed; to be separated:—tār-toṛ, s.m. A kind of needlework, open work; pulling out some threads, &c.:—tār-ḵẖānā, s.m.=tār-ghar, q.v.:—tār-shumār, s.f. A kind of needlework, any fine cloth run with gold or silver thread:—tār-ě-ʻankabūt, s.m. Cobweb:—tār-kash, s.m. A drawer of gold or silver wire:—tār-kashī. s.f. Wire-drawing; a kind of needlework (=tār-shumār);—tār-ghar, s.m. Telegraph office:—tār lagānā (-ke) = tār bāṅdhnā, q.v.:—tār nikalnā (-kā), To find or obtain a clue (to):—tār-yantra, s.m. A telegraph machine.
