Etymology

Dorpat

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Today it means: Former name of Tartu. Full definition →

German Dorpat ← Estonian Tarbatu
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The story

  1. Estonian · derived fromTarbatu
  2. German · borrowed fromDorpat
  3. English todayDorpat

From German Dorpat, from older Estonian Tarbatu.

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