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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.

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name/ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)//ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/also/ˈtɑtɚ/US

  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.

  2. Tartary.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.

noun/ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)//ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/also/ˈtɑtɚ/US

  1. A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

  2. A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. A Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.

    specifically
Where this word comes from

From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.

adj/ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)//ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/also/ˈtɑtɚ/US

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

    Tatar customs
Where this word comes from

From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.

name

  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.