Tartan
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew תַּרְתָּן (tartān) (translated into English in versions of the Old Testament of the Bible: see the quotations), from the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian 𒌉𒋫𒉡 (tur-ta-nu).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːt(ə)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹtn̩/,
- Homophone: tartan
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən
- Hyphenation: Tar‧tan
Proper noun
Tartan
- (historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 2 Kings 18:17, column 2:
- And the king of Aſſyria ſent Tartan and Rabſaris, and Rabſhakeh, from Lachiſh to king Hezekiah, with a great hoſte againſt Jeruſalem: […]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Isaiah 20:1, column 2:
- In the yeere that Tartan came vnto Aſhdod (when Sargon the king of Aſſyria ſent him) and fought against Aſhdod, and tooke it: […]
Alternative forms
Translations
commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria
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References
- ^ “tartan, n.4”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2024.
