czardas

czar·das

1. An intricate Hungarian dance characterized by variations in tempo.
2. Music for this dance.

Origin: Hungarian csárdás, from csárda, wayside tavern, from Serbo-Croatian čardāk, watchtower, from Turkish çardak, hut, trellis, from Persian chār ṭāq, from chahār ṭāq, four-cornered vault : chahār, four (from Old Iranian cathwārō; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots) + ṭāq, vault (from Arabic, arch; see ṭwq in Semitic roots).