Tamara

See also: tamara, tamará, tâmara, and Tamāra

English

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, date palm).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: təmärʹə, təmărʹə, tămʹərə
  • Audio (Southern England); /təˈmɑːɹə/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -æɹə, -æməɹə

Proper noun

Tamara

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
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      Best Version Media shared a statement about the death of Tamara Durand, the wife of the executive chairman and founder, Dave Durand.

Translations

References

  • Mike Campbell (1996–2026), “Tamara”, in Behind the Name, Victoria, British Columbia.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Tamara (definite accusative Tamaranı, plural Tamaralar)

  1. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtamara]

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Declension

Faroese

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • Tamara's son: Tamaruson
  • Tamara's daughter: Tamarudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Tamara
accusative Tamaru
dative Tamaru
genitive Tamaru

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tamara f (genitive Tamaras or Tamara)

  1. a female given name

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Tamāra.

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name
  2. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára)

References

  • [2] Population Register of Latvia: Tamara was the only given name of 1409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Romanian

Proper noun

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Tamara f

  1. a female given name

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmara/

Proper noun

Tàmara f (Cyrillic spelling Та̀мара)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Tamara”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtamara/

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Tamara
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeTamaraTamary
genitiveTamaryTamár
dativeTamareTamarám
accusativeTamaruTamary
locativeTamareTamarách
instrumentalTamarouTamarami

Further reading

  • Tamara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈmaɾa/ [t̪aˈma.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: Ta‧ma‧ra

Proper noun

Tamara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamar or Tamara