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Tatar   /tˈætər/   Listen
Tatar

noun
1.
A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.  Synonyms: Mongol Tatar, Tartar.
2.
A member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups).
3.
The Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains.



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"Tatar" Quotes from Famous Books



... he muttered, putting his hands behind his head and closing his eyes. "I wouldn't wish a wild Tatar such a life." ...
— The Witch and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... but from the fact that the head, which was found with the statues, is strikingly Turanian in form and features, shaved, too, and turbaned after a fashion still used in Central Asia. Altogether it might easily be taken for that of a modern Mongolian or Tatar.[AM] The discovery of this builder and patron of art has greatly eclipsed the glory of a somewhat later ruler, UR-EA, King of Ur,[AN] who had long enjoyed the reputation of being the earliest known temple-builder. He remains at all events the first ...
— Chaldea - From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria • Znade A. Ragozin


Words linked to "Tatar" :   tartar, Mongolian, Turko-Tatar, Turkic, Turkic language, Russian, Mongol Tatar, Turki, Mongol


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