Where does “տարա” come from?
տարա (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian տառայ, from Ottoman Turkish طاره, from Italian tara, from Arabic طرح, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
տարա (Armenian): container; tare weight
Ancestry of “տարա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Armenian | տառայ | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طاره | — |
| 3 | Italian | tara | tare; defect, vice, flaw; deficiency |
| 4 | Arabic | طرح | to throw, to cast, to fling, to toss; to discard,... |
| 5 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 6 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |