tatar
/T AE1 T ER0/noun
- 1
A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
- 2
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.
- 3
(specifically) The Volga Tatars of Tatarstan, usually referred to as simply Tatar in modern usage.
- 4
A surname.
- 5
(obsolete) Tartary.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
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