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An independent use of the attribute from tárogató síp. The attribute is probably from tárogat(“to open repeatedly”) + -ó(present-participle suffix), from tár(“to open”) + -ogat(frequentative suffix), indicating that this type of woodwind instrument works by opening and closing the holes of the whistle. First attested in 1611.[1]
^ tárogató in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
tárogató in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
