Where does “تار” come from?
تار (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támHsram, from Proto-Indo-European tēmH-.
تار (Persian): dark; obscure; dim
Ancestry of “تار”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *támHsram | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tēmH- | — |