Sart

See also: sart, šart, sårt, and şart

English

Etymology

From Turkish Sart and Ottoman Turkish صارت (Sart), from Byzantine Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭 (sfar). Doublet of Sardis.

Proper noun

Sart

1. A town in Manisa Province, Turkey, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia.
2. (historical) Sedentary Turk and Tajik people from Central Asia.

Usage notes

The demonym with a sedentary connation was used by Mongols to describe "Iranians [and] all sedentary Muslims, irrespective of language or ethnicity", appearing in an early reference to Arslan K̲h̲ān, the prince of the Muslim Turkic Ḳarluḳs, gradually encompassing numerous ethnicities, and last used during the 1920s when, in keeping with Soviet nationalities policies in Central Asia, the term was banished from use and ethnic designation Uzbek substituted for it on ethnic illegitimacy and pejorative-use grounds, though the latter was argued against due to evidence of self-designation.

Synonyms

• Sardis (historical)

Translations

city in Turkey — see also Sardis

• Turkish: Sart (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: صارت (Sart)

Anagrams

• tars, ARTS, arts., 'rats, tsar, tars-, ARTs, rats, srat, Srta., star, RATs, RAST, Arts, stra., Srta, arts, astr-, TSRA, RTAs, Star, TRAs

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صارت (Sart), from Byzantine Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭 (sfar).

Proper noun

Sart

1. Sart (a town in Manisa Province, Turkey; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia)