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Tarka may refer to:
- Tarka Shastra, Sanskrit term for the philosophy of logic and reasoning
- Tarka, also tadka or chhaunk, in Indian cuisine is a method of seasoning food with spices heated in oil or ghee
- Tarka, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria
- Tarka, Niger
- Tarka the Otter, a 1927 novel by Henry Williamson
- Tarka the Otter (film), based on the novel
- Tarka Line, a railway line in Devon, England
- Tarka Trail, a series of footpaths assembled from former railway lines
- Tarka (medication), a brand name for an antihypertensive medication
- Tarka (flute), also tharqa, a traditional flute of the Andes
- David Tarka (born 1983), Australian football player
- Taharqa, Nubian pharaoh of the twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
- Tarka (film), a 1988 Kannada language movie
- Taarka, an Oregonian quartet
- Tarka Cordell (1968–2008), British musician, writer and record producer
- Wiesław Tarka (born 1964), Polish diplomat
- The Tarka, an alien race in the video game Sword of the Stars