What does "tatar" mean?
A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
Tatar
/ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
- Grammar: tatar is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: ethnic tatar, kazanian, kazanian, mongol tatar.
- Useful contrasts: non-Tatar, non-Tatar language.
- Usage evidence: There are few sites in the Tatar language on the Internet.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
- 2 the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains wordnet
- 3 A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.; The Volga Tatars of Tatarstan, usually referred to as simply Tatar in modern usage. specifically
- 4 a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) wordnet
- 5 a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
"Tatar customs"
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 A surname.
- 3 Tartary. obsolete
"Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar, the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume."
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
non-Tatarnon-Tatar language
Example
"There are few sites in the Tatar language on the Internet."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tatar"?
Common synonyms include: ethnic tatar, kazanian, kazanian, mongol tatar, tartar, tartars.
How do you use "tatar" in a sentence?
There are few sites in the Tatar language on the Internet.
How do you pronounce "tatar"?
Pronounced /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.