Tatar

From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ætɑː(ɹ)

Tatar

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.
   • 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:

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

Tatar (plural Tatars)

1. A person belonging to one of several Turkic, Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

   Synonym: Tartar

Tatar (comparative more Tatar, superlative most Tatar)

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

   Tatar customs

• ISO 639-1 code tt, ISO 639-3 code tat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tatar, tat ⁠

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

Tatar (plural Tatars)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tatar is the 23804^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Tatar is most common among White (95.95%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tatar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Attar, Tatra, attar

From a Turkic language.

Tatar m anim

1. Tatar, Tartar (member of various Turkic peoples)

• “Tatar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Tatar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• Tatare (masculine or feminine)

From the same Turkic source as tartare.

Tatar m (plural Tatars, feminine Tatare)

1. Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples)

• Tatarie (“Tatary”)
• tatariser
• tatarisation
• tatarophone
• Tatarstan

From a Turkic language.

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Tatar m (weak, genitive Tataren, plural Tataren, feminine Tatarin)

1. Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples) (male or of unspecified gender)

• tatarisch
• Tatarisch

• “Tatar” in Duden online

Uncertain, from a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

• IPA^(key): /ta.tar/
• Rhymes: -atar
• Homophones: tatar, tātar
• Hyphenation: Ta‧tar

Tatar

1. China

   Synonym: Cina

• "Tatar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Derived from Turkic. Doublet of Tatarzyn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.tar/

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• Rhymes: -atar
• Syllabification: Ta‧tar
• Homophone: tatar

Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarka)

1. Tatar (a member of one of several Turkic ethnic groups)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Tatarzyn

2. inhabitant of Tatarstan

• Tatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Tatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈtatar]

Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarová)

1. a male surname

• “Tatar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Ottoman Turkish تاتار, from a Mongolic or Turkic name of a Khorezmian Turkic (Old Tatar) tribe.

• IPA^(key): [tataɾ]
• Hyphenation: Ta‧tar

Tatar (definite accusative Tatar'ı, plural Tatarlar)

1. Tatar (person)

   Tatarlar, Asya'dan batıya iki dalga hâlinde yayılmışlardır.

   Tatars spread from Asia to the west in two waves.

Tatar

1. a male given name

• Tatarca

• The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 26