Tatar (redirected from Tatars)

Ta·tar  (tätr)

n.

1. also Tar·tar (tärtr) A member of a group of Turkic peoples primarily inhabiting Tatarstan in west-central Russia and parts of Siberia and Central Asia.

2. Tartar Any of the Turkic languages of the Tatars.

3. Variant of Tartar.

4. tatar A ferocious or violent person; a tartar.

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[Persian Ttr, of Turkic origin.]

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Tatar

Noun, adj

same as Tartar

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tatar - a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century Mongol Tatar, Tartar Mongol, Mongolian - a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
	2.	Tatar - a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia
	3.	Tatar - the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages