Tarka

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