Tartar
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic [script needed] (Tatar), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Noun[edit]
Tartar (plural Tartars)
- Alternative spelling of Tatar
- A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
- 1871, Marco Polo, Henry Yule (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13:
- Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have wasted and destroyed it.
- 1871, Marco Polo, Henry Yule (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13:
- (figuratively, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
- (figuratively) A rough or violent event.
- 2003, Erik Larson, “Alone”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 106:
- I haven't escaped sickness all my life to get off easily now. […] I knew when my turn came, it would be a Tartar.
Adjective[edit]
Tartar (comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)
- Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
- Tartar customs
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʿartʿaṙ).
Proper noun[edit]
Tartar
- One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan
- A town in Azerbaijan located on this river
Translations[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration of Tatar, from a Turkic name. Influenced by Tartarus (“primeval god, underworld”).
Noun[edit]
Tartar m (plural Tartars)
- Tartar (member of various Turkic tribes)
Descendants[edit]
- French: Tartare
References[edit]
- Tartar on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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