talaro

Possibly from Malay teraju, from Classical Persian ترازو (tarāzū), from Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀.𐬀𐬰𐬎 (tara.azu). Compare Ilocano taradio, Kapampangan talaru, Bikol Central tarayo, Cebuano talayo, Javanese ꦠꦿꦗꦸ (traju), Old Javanese taraju, and Tamil தராசு (tarācu).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /talaˈɾoʔ/ [tɐ.lɐˈɾoʔ], /taˈlaɾoʔ/ [tɐˈla.ɾoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ, -aɾoʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧ro

talarô or talarò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜇᜓ)

1. scales; balance (for weighing)

   Synonyms: timbangan, balansa, baskula, patitis

2. weight (piece of metal used in weighing)
3. hand or pointer in a scale
4. (figurative) ponderation; contemplation

• hungot

• “talaro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 479: “Peſar) Talaro (pp) cõ peſo de balanças algo”
  • page 480: “Peſo) Talaro (pp) de balanças chico o grande”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 303