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tala

tala noun: the currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Noun (1)

tala (plural talas)

  1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Noun (2)

tala (plural talas)

  1. A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

tala meaning in Tamil

tala in Tamil

ஒளிர் விண் மீன்

Forms of tala

pluraltalas

Origin of tala

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

Words that rhyme with tala

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Questions about tala

What does tala mean?
Tala means the currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
What is tala in Tamil?
Tala in Tamil is ஒளிர் விண் மீன். See Tala meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tala?
Tala is a noun.
What is the plural of tala?
The plural of tala is talas.

Words near tala in the dictionary

  1. Tal al-Rabi'
  2. tal qual
  3. tal-
  4. Tal-y-Cafn
  5. Tal-y-llyn
  6. tala
  7. talab
  8. talabaw
  9. talabon
  10. talabons
  11. talabostat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tala (page history and authors); tala (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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