Talk:Tatar

Hi everyone.

Here is the deal... Russian language has an offensive usage for Tatar word. I am not really sure if it would be an appropriate idea to mention it or may be it is my American political correctness speaks out. What is the consensus on a issues like that?

Thanks.

Offensive words are part of a language. We already have very many nasty ones. They can be included, but it must be clearly shown that they are offensive. Eclecticology 16:34:11, 2005-07-28 (UTC)

Removed definition

IP just removed this:

1. A savage or violent person.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.184:

     And Juan, too, blasphemed an octave higher; / His blood was up: though young, he was a Tartar, / And not at all disposed to prove a martyr.

Note, it doesn't even use the word Tatar in the citation, it uses Tartar. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:55, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Older, more general use of Tatar

I figured there would be a more generalized sense of "Central Asian nomad" in the way the term was blanketly applied to many (Turkic or otherwise) groups from Central Asia or Siberia. Like I've heard it used for Mongols, Huns, etc. and other horse-oriented steppe cultures as well. I'm sure I've seen it used this way many times, although that usage may be archaic and maybe even a bit offensive today. I'll see if I can find some examples. Word dewd544 (talk) 02:39, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Edit - never mind, that particular usage seems to be under the spelling Tartar specifically and we already have that covered there. Word dewd544 (talk) 02:40, 22 December 2022 (UTC)