Etymology

Tatar

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Today it means: A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Full definition →

Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺
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Tatar · proper noun, noun, adjective1

  1. Old Turkic · derived from𐱃𐱃𐰺
  2. English todayTatar

From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.

Tatar · proper noun2

  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromTatár
  2. Polish · borrowed fromTatar
  3. English todayTatar

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.

Words from the same roots

Old Turkic𐱃𐱃𐰺 all →

tartarTartaryTartaria

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