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English
Etymology 1
From a Turkic language. More at Tatars .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tatar
An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages . It is an official language of Tatarstan . There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe , Russia and Central Asia .
( obsolete ) Tartary .
1769 , Firishta , translated by Alexander Dow , Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi , volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:Sweeter than the muſk of Tatar , the morning breeze from the navel of every flower raviſhed perfume.
Derived terms
Translations
language
Arabic: تَتَرِيّ m ( tatariyy ) , تَتَرِيَّة f ( tatariyya )
Armenian: թաթարերեն (hy) ( tʻatʻareren )
Asturian: tártaru m
Azerbaijani: tatar dili
Bengali: তাতারী ( tatari )
Catalan: tàtar (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塔塔爾語 / 塔塔尔语 ( tǎtǎ'ěr yǔ ) , 韃靼語 / 鞑靼语 ( dádáyǔ )
Chuvash: тутар чӗлхи ( tut̬ar čĕlh̬i )
Coptic: ⲧⲉⲣⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟⲥ f ( tertouros )
Czech: tatarština f
Dutch: Tataars (nl) n
Esperanto: tatara , tatara lingvo ( with the definite article la (eo) )
Estonian: tatari keel
Finnish: tataari (fi) , tataarin kieli
French: tatar (fr) m
German: Tatarisch (de) n , tatarische Sprache f
Hindi: तातार (hi) ( tātār )
Hungarian: tatár (hu)
Icelandic: tatarska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Tatar
Japanese: タタール語 (ja) ( タタールご, tatārugo )
Kalmyk: маңһд келн ( mañğd keln )
Kazakh: татар тілі ( tatar tılı ) , татарша ( tatarşa )
Korean: 타타르어 (ko) ( tatareueo )
Kyrgyz: татарча (ky) ( tatarca )
Macedonian: татарски m ( tatarski )
Manchu: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᡵ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ( tatar gisun )
Polish: tatarski (pl) m inan
Portuguese: tártaro (pt) m , língua tártara f
Romanian: tătară (ro) f
Russian: тата́рский язы́к m ( tatárskij jazýk ) , тата́рский (ru) m ( tatárskij ) ( язы́к )
Spanish: tártaro (es) m
Swedish: tatariska (sv)
Tatar: татар теле ( tatar tele ) , татарча (tt) ( tatarça )
Turkish: Tatarca (tr)
Ukrainian: тата́рська мо́ва f ( tatársʹka móva )
Uyghur: تاتار تىلى ( tatar tili ) , تاتارچە ( tatarche )
Uzbek: tatar tili , tatarcha (uz)
Xibe: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠷ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ ( tatar gisun )
Noun
Tatar (plural Tatars )
A person belonging to one of several Turkic , Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
Synonym: Tartar
Derived terms
Translations
person
Albanian: tatar m
Armenian: թաթար (hy) ( tʻatʻar )
Azerbaijani: tatar (az)
Bengali: তাতার (bn) ( tatar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 韃靼人 / 鞑靼人 (zh) ( dádárén ) ; 塔塔爾人 / 塔塔尔人 ( tǎtǎ'ěrrén ) ( of modern Chinese ethnicity ) ; 韃子 / 鞑子 (zh) ( dázi ) ( colloquial, often derogatory in modern scenes )
Chuvash: тутар ( tut̬ar )
Czech: Tatar (cs) m , Tatarka (cs) f
Esperanto: tataro , tatarino ( female )
Estonian: tatarlane
Finnish: tataari (fi)
French: Tartare (fr) m or f ( old ) , Tatar (fr) m ( alternative spelling ) , Tatare (fr) m or f
Georgian: თათარი ( tatari )
German: Tatar (de) m , Tatarin (de) f
Greek: Τάταρος (el) m ( Tátaros )
Hindi: तातारी (hi) m ( tātārī ) , तातार (hi) m ( tātār )
Hungarian: tatár (hu)
Japanese: タタール ( tatāru ) , 韃靼 ( だったん, dattan )
Kalmyk: маңһд ( mañğd )
Kazakh: татар ( tatar )
Kyrgyz: татар (ky) ( tatar )
Latvian: tatārs m
Lithuanian: totorius m
Macedonian: Татар m ( Tatar ) , Татарка f ( Tatarka )
Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡨ᠋ᠠᡵᠠ ( tatara ) , ᡨᠠᡨᠠᡵ ( tatar )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: суас ( suas ) , тадар ( tadar )
Western Mari: суас ( suas ) , тадар ( tadar )
Mingrelian: თანთარი ( tantari )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: татаар (mn) ( tataar )
Northern Mansi: (please verify ) хатань ( hatanʹ )
Persian: تاتار (fa) ( tâtâr )
Polish: Tatar (pl) m pers , Tatarka f
Portuguese: tártaro (pt) m , tártara f
Romanian: tătar (ro) m , tătară (ro) f , tătăroaică (ro) f
Russian: тата́рин (ru) m ( tatárin ) , тата́рка (ru) f ( tatárka )
Slovak: Tatár m , Tatárka f
Slovene: Tatar (sl) m , Tatarka f
Tajik: тотор ( totor )
Tatar: татар (tt) ( tatar ) , татарлар pl ( tatarlar )
Turkish: Tatar (tr)
Turkmen: tatar
Udmurt: бигер ( biger )
Ukrainian: тата́рин m ( tatáryn ) , тата́рка f ( tatárka )
Uyghur: تاتار ( tatar )
Uzbek: tatar (uz)
Written Oirat: ᡏᠠᡊᡎᠠᡑ ( mangɣad )
Xibe: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠷ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ ( tatar niyalma )
Yakut: татаар ( tataar )
Adjective
Tatar (comparative more Tatar , superlative most Tatar )
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
Tatar customs
Translations
Further reading
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Czech , Slovak , Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár , an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.
Proper noun
Tatar (plural Tatars )
A surname .
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Tatar is the 23804th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Tatar is most common among White (95.95%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From a Turkic language.
Noun
Tatar m anim
Tatar , Tartar ( member of various Turkic peoples )
Declension
Declension of Tatar (hard masculine animate )
Derived terms
Further reading
“Tatar ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“Tatar ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
French
Tatare ( masculine or feminine )
Etymology
From the same Turkic source as tartare .
Noun
Tatar m (plural Tatars , feminine Tatare )
Tatar ( member of various Turkic peoples )
German
Etymology
From a Turkic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tatar m (weak , genitive Tataren , plural Tataren , feminine Tatarin )
Tatar ( member of various Turkic peoples ) ( male or of unspecified gender )
Declension
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown, from a Turkic language. More at Tatars .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tatar
China
Synonym: Cina
Further reading
"Tatar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Turkic . Doublet of Tatarzyn .
Pronunciation
Noun
Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarka )
Tatar ( a member of one of several Turkic ethnic groups )
Synonym: ( obsolete ) Tatarzyn
inhabitant of Tatarstan
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Tatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Tatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarová )
a male surname
Declension
Declension of
Tatar (pattern
chlap )
Further reading
“Tatar ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تاتار , from a Mongolic or Turkic name of a Khorezmian Turkic (Old Tatar ) tribe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tatar (definite accusative Tatar'ı , plural Tatarlar )
Tatar (person)
Tatarlar , Asya'dan batıya iki dalga hâlinde yayılmışlardır.Tatars spread from Asia to the west in two waves.
Declension
Proper noun
Tatar
a male given name
Derived terms
References
The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 26