Save Gender Feminine Usage Philippine Mythology Scripts ᜆᜎ(Baybayin) Pronounced Pron. /ta.ˈla/(Tagalog) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsTara Meaning & History Means "star" in Tagalog, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā). In Tagalog mythology, Tala is the goddess of stars and a daughter of the supreme deity Bathala.