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Tatar¹

  • /ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/ also
  • /ˈtɑtɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːtə(ɹ), -ætɑː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. 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.
  2. obsolete Tartary. Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume.

noun Tatars

  1. A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

    Similar: Tartar

  2. specifically A Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.

    Similar: Tartar

adjective more Tatar · most Tatar

  1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars. Tatar customs

Tatar²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Tatars

  1. A surname.

Translations

Every language

name language

Españoltártaro
한국어타타르어 tatareueo
日本語タタール語 tatārugo
中文塔塔爾語 /塔塔尔语 tǎtǎ'ěr yǔ, 韃靼語 /鞑靼语 dádáyǔ
हिन्दीतातार tātār
Portuguêstártaro, língua tártara
Françaistatar
DeutschTatarisch, tatarische Sprache
Românătătară
Русскийтата́рский язы́к tatárskij jazýk, тата́рский tatárskij
العربيةتَتَرِيّ tatariyy, تَتَرِيَّة tatariyya

noun person

日本語タタール tatāru, 韃靼 dattan
中文韃靼人 /鞑靼人 dádárén, 塔塔爾人 /塔塔尔人 tǎtǎ'ěrrén, 韃子 /鞑子 dázi
हिन्दीतातारी tātārī, तातार tātār
Portuguêstártaro, tártara
FrançaisTartare, Tatar, Tatare
DeutschTatar, Tatarin
ΕλληνικάΤάταρος Tátaros
Românătătar, tătară, tătăroaică
Русскийтата́рин tatárin, тата́рка tatárka

adj Tatar (adjective)

Españoltártaro
한국어타타르 tatareu
日本語タタール tatāru
हिन्दीतातारी tātārī
Portuguêstártaro
Françaistatar, tatare
Deutschtatarisch
Italianotartaro
Ελληνικάταταρικός tatarikós
Românătătăresc
Русскийтата́рский tatárskij
العربيةتَتَرِيّ tatariyy

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@misc{tatar_2026,
  title = {Tatar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tatar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}