Meanings
Tatar1
- An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
- obsoleteTartary.
Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume.
1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv
plural Tatars
- A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
Synonyms: Tartar
- specificallyA Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.
Synonyms: Tartar
comparative more Tatar · superlative most Tatar
Tatar2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
nounA Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
nounthe Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Tatar · proper noun, noun, adjective
- Old Turkic𐱃𐱃𐰺
- EnglishTatar
From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.
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Full word history & related roots →Tatar · proper noun
- HungarianTatár
- PolishTatar
- EnglishTatar
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَتَرِيّ, تَتَرِيَّة
- تَتَرِيّ (tatariyy)language
- تَتَرِيَّة (tatariyya)language
- تَتَرِيّ (tatariyy)Tatar (adjective)
Bengali তাতারী, তাতার
- তাতারী (tatari)language
- তাতার (tatar)person
- তাতারী (tatari)Tatar (adjective)
Bulgarian тата́рски
- тата́рски (tatárski)Tatar (adjective)
Catalan tàtar
- tàtarlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 塔塔爾語 /塔塔尔语, 韃靼語 /鞑靼语
- 塔塔爾語 /塔塔尔语 (tǎtǎ'ěr yǔ)language
- 韃靼語 /鞑靼语 (dádáyǔ)language
- 韃靼人 /鞑靼人 (dádárén)person
- 塔塔爾人 /塔塔尔人 (tǎtǎ'ěrrén)person
- 韃子 /鞑子 (dázi)person
Czech tatarština, Tatar
- tatarštinalanguage
- Tatarperson
- Tatarkaperson
- tatarskýTatar (adjective)
Dutch Tataars, Tataars
- Tataarslanguage
- TataarsTatar (adjective)
Esperanto tatara, tatara lingvo
- tataralanguage
- tatara lingvolanguage
- tataroperson
- tatarinoperson
- tataraTatar (adjective)
Estonian tatari keel, tatarlane
- tatari keellanguage
- tatarlaneperson
- tatariTatar (adjective)
Finnish tataari, tataarin kieli
- tataarilanguage
- tataarin kielilanguage
- tataariperson
- tataarilainenTatar (adjective)
French tatar, Tartare
- tatarlanguage
- Tartareperson
- Tatarperson
- Tatareperson
- tatarTatar (adjective)
- tatareTatar (adjective)
German Tatarisch, tatarische Sprache
- Tatarischlanguage
- tatarische Sprachelanguage
- Tatarperson
- Tatarinperson
- tatarischTatar (adjective)
Greek Τάταρος, ταταρικός
- Τάταρος (Tátaros)person
- ταταρικός (tatarikós)Tatar (adjective)
Hindi तातार, तातारी
- तातार (tātār)language
- तातारी (tātārī)person
- तातार (tātār)person
- तातारी (tātārī)Tatar (adjective)
Hungarian tatár, tatár
- tatárlanguage
- tatárperson
- tatárTatar (adjective)
Icelandic tatarska, tatarskur
- tatarskalanguage
- tatarskurTatar (adjective)
Indonesian bahasa Tatar
- bahasa Tatarlanguage
Italian tartaro
- tartaroTatar (adjective)
Japanese タタール語, タタール
- タタール語 (tatārugo)language
- タタール (tatāru)person
- 韃靼 (dattan)person
- タタール (tatāru)Tatar (adjective)
Korean 타타르어, 타타르
- 타타르어 (tatareueo)language
- 타타르 (tatareu)Tatar (adjective)
Latin tataricus
- tataricusTatar (adjective)
Latvian tatārs
- tatārsperson
Lithuanian totorius
- totoriusperson
Persian تاتار, تاتاری
- تاتار (tâtâr)person
- تاتاری (tâtâri)Tatar (adjective)
Polish tatarski, Tatar
- tatarskilanguage
- Tatarperson
- Tatarkaperson
- tatarskiTatar (adjective)
Portuguese tártaro, língua tártara
- tártarolanguage
- língua tártaralanguage
- tártaroperson
- tártaraperson
- tártaroTatar (adjective)
Romanian tătară, tătar
- tătarălanguage
- tătarperson
- tătarăperson
- tătăroaicăperson
- tătărescTatar (adjective)
Russian тата́рский язы́к, тата́рский
- тата́рский язы́к (tatárskij jazýk)language
- тата́рский (tatárskij)language
- тата́рин (tatárin)person
- тата́рка (tatárka)person
- тата́рский (tatárskij)Tatar (adjective)
Slovak Tatár, Tatárka
- Tatárperson
- Tatárkaperson
- tatárskyTatar (adjective)
Spanish tártaro, tártaro
- tártarolanguage
- tártaroTatar (adjective)
Swedish tatariska
- tatariskalanguage
Turkish Tatarca, Tatar
- Tatarcalanguage
- Tatarperson
- TatarTatar (adjective)
Ukrainian тата́рська мо́ва, тата́рин
- тата́рська мо́ва (tatársʹka móva)language
- тата́рин (tatáryn)person
- тата́рка (tatárka)person
- тата́рський (tatársʹkyj)Tatar (adjective)
Urdu تاتاری
- تاتاری (tātārī)Tatar (adjective)
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Cite this entry
Tatar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tatar
“Tatar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tatar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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