Tartar
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Tartaire, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic Tatar, spelling influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Noun
Tartar (plural Tartars)
- Alternative spelling of Tatar
- A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
- (Can we date this quote?) Marco Polo, Henry Yule, 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.
- (Can we date this quote?) Marco Polo, Henry Yule, The Travels of Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13:
- (figurative, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
Adjective
Tartar (comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)
- Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
- Tartar customs
Derived terms
- Tartar maple (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).
Proper noun
Tartar
- One of the tributaries of the Kura River, mostly flowing through the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Translations
river
Middle French
Etymology
Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration of Tatar, from a Turkic name. Influenced by Tartarus (“primeval god, underworld”).
Noun
Tartar m (plural Tartars)
- Tartar (member of various Turkic tribes)
Descendants
- French: Tartare
References
- Tartar on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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