Tatar

See also: tatar, tàtar, tâtar, tätar, and tătar

English

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ætɑː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Tatar

1. 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.

Derived terms

• Crimean Tatar
• Kazanian Tatar
• Kazan Tatar
• Siberian Tatar
• Tatarophone

 

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))
• 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)
• 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)

Noun

Tatar (plural Tatars)

1. A person belonging to one of several Turkic, Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

   Synonym: Tartar

Derived terms

• Tatarstan
• Tatary

 

Translations

person

• Albanian: tatar m
• Armenian: թաթար (hy) (tʻatʻar)
• Azerbaijani: tatar (az)
• Bengali: তাতার (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)
• Mansi:
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: суас (suas), тадар (tadar)

  Western Mari: суас (suas), тадар (tadar)

• Mingrelian: თანთარი (tantari)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: татаар (mn) (tataar)

• 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)
• Selkup:
• 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)
• Yakut: татаар (tataar)

Adjective

Tatar (comparative more Tatar, superlative most Tatar)

1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

   Tatar customs

Translations

Tatar (adjective)

• Albanian: tatar
• Arabic: تَتَرِيّ (tatariyy)
• Armenian: թաթարական (hy) (tʻatʻarakan)
• Azerbaijani: tatar (az)
• Belarusian: тата́рскі (tatárski)
• Bengali: তাতারী (tatari)
• Bulgarian: тата́рски (tatárski)
• Chuvash: тутар (tut̬ar)
• Czech: tatarský (cs)
• Dutch: Tataars (nl)
• Esperanto: tatara
• Finnish: tataarilainen
• French: tatar (fr), tatare (fr)
• Georgian: თათრული (tatruli)
• German: tatarisch (de)
• Greek: ταταρικός (el) (tatarikós)
• Hindi: तातारी (hi) (tātārī)
• Hungarian: tatár (hu)
• Icelandic: tatarskur
• Italian: tartaro (it)
• Japanese: タタール (tatāru)
• Kazakh: татар (tatar)
• Khmer: តតរ (tâtâr)
• Korean: 타타르 (tatareu)
• Kyrgyz: татар (ky) (tatar)
• Latin: tataricus
• Macedonian: татарски (tatarski)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: татаар (mn) (tataar)

• Persian: تاتاری (fa) (tâtâri)
• Polish: tatarski (pl)
• Portuguese: tártaro (pt)
• Romanian: tătăresc (ro)
• Russian: тата́рский (ru) (tatárskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̏тарскӣ

  Roman: tȁtarskī (sh)

• Slovak: tatársky (sk)
• Slovene: tatarski
• Spanish: tártaro (es)
• Tajik: тоторӣ (tg) (totori)
• Tatar: татар (tt) (tatar)
• Turkish: Tatar (tr)
• Turkmen: tatar
• Udmurt: бигер (biger)
• Ukrainian: тата́рський (tatársʹkyj)
• Urdu: تاتاری (tātārī)
• Uzbek: tatar (uz)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code tt, ISO 639-3 code tat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tatar, tat ⁠

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.

Proper noun

Tatar (plural Tatars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tatar is the 23804^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1062 individuals. Tatar is most common among White (95.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tatar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Attar, Tatra, attar

Czech

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Noun

Tatar m anim

1. Tatar, Tartar (member of various Turkic peoples)

Declension

Declension of Tatar (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Tatar	Tataři
genitive	Tatara	Tatarů
dative	Tatarovi, Tataru	Tatarům
accusative	Tatara	Tatary
vocative	Tatare	Tataři
locative	Tatarovi, Tataru	Tatarech
instrumental	Tatarem	Tatary

Derived terms

• tatarský

 

Further reading

• “Tatar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Tatar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Alternative forms

• Tatare (masculine or feminine)

Etymology

From the same Turkic source as tartare.

Noun

Tatar m (plural Tatars, feminine Tatare)

1. Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples)

Related terms

• Tatarie (“Tatary”)
• tatariser
• tatarisation
• tatarophone
• Tatarstan

Polish

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Noun

Tatar m pers (female equivalent Tatarka)

1. Tatar (a member of one of several Turkic ethnic groups)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Tatarzyn

2. inhabitant of Tatarstan

Declension

Declension of Tatar

	singular	plural
nominative	Tatar	Tatarzy/Tatary
genitive	Tatara	Tatarów
dative	Tatarowi	Tatarom
accusative	Tatara	Tatarów
instrumental	Tatarem	Tatarami
locative	Tatarze	Tatarach
vocative	Tatarze	Tatarzy/Tatary

Derived terms

adjectives

• antytatarski
• protatarski
• tatarakowy
• tatarczany
• tatarski

 

nouns

• befsztyk tatarski
• tatar
• tatarak
• tatarczuch
• tatareczka
• Tatarka
• tatarka
• tatarski
• tatarskość
• tatarstwo
• tatarszczyzna
• Tatarzątko

 

proper noun

• Tatarczuch

 

verbs

• tatarować
• wytatarować

 

Related terms

adjective

• tatarstański

 

nouns

• Tatarzyn
• Tatarzynka

 

proper nouns

• Republika Tatarstanu
• Tataria
• Tatarstan

 

Further reading

• Tatar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Tatar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تاتار, from a Mongolic or Turkic name of a Khorezmian Turkic (Old Tatar) tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tataɾ]
• Hyphenation: Ta‧tar

Noun

Tatar (definite accusative Tatar'ı, plural Tatarlar)

1. Tatar (person)

   Tatarlar, Asya'dan batıya iki dalga hâlinde yayılmışlardır.

   Tatars spread from Asia to the west in two waves.

Declension

    declension of Tatar

	singular	plural
nominative	Tatar	Tatarlar
accusative	Tatar'ı	Tatarları
dative	Tatar'a	Tatarlara
locative	Tatar'da	Tatarlarda
ablative	Tatar'dan	Tatarlardan
genitive	Tatar'ın	Tatarların

    possessive of Tatar

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Tatar'ım	Tatarlarım / Tatar'larım
senin (your)	Tatar'ın	Tatarların / Tatar'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Tatar'ı	Tatarları / Tatar'ları
bizim (our)	Tatar'ımız	Tatarlarımız / Tatar'larımız
sizin (your)	Tatar'ınız	Tatarlarınız / Tatar'larınız
onların (their)	Tatar'ı / Tatarları / Tatar'ları	Tatarları / Tatar'ları

Proper noun

Tatar

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Tatarca

References

• The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 26