Tartar

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See also: tartar, tàrtar, and tårtar

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

Etymology 1

From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Noun

Tartar (plural Tartars)

  1. Alternative spelling of Tatar
  2. A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
    • 1871, Henry Yule, transl., The Travels of Marco Polo, 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.
  3. (figurative, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
  4. (figurative) 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.
Derived terms

Adjective

Tartar (comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)

  1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
    Tartar customs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).

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Proper noun

Tartar

  1. One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan
  2. A town in Azerbaijan located on this river
Translations

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)

  1. Tartar (member of various Turkic tribes)

Descendants

  • French: Tartare

References

  • Tartar on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.tar/
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  • Rhymes: -artar
  • Syllabification: Tar‧tar

Proper noun

Tartar m inan

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tartarus (dark part of Hades)
  2. (biblical, Christianity) Tartarus (Greek New Testament word used for Hell (in Christian belief), derived from the pagan Greek use)

Declension

Declension of Tartar
singular
nominative Tartar
genitive Tartaru
dative Tartarowi
accusative Tartar
instrumental Tartarem
locative Tartarze
vocative Tartarze

Proper noun

Tartar m pers

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tartarus (primordial deity)

Declension

Declension of Tartar
singular
nominative Tartar
genitive Tartara
dative Tartarowi
accusative Tartara
instrumental Tartarem
locative Tartarze
vocative Tartarze

Further reading

  • Tartar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Proper noun

Tartar m

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tartarus
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