Tatar

noun

1. a member of any of the Mongolian and Turkic peoples that took part in the invasion of central and W Asia and E Europe in the Middle Ages
2. a member of a Turkic people living in a region of EC European Russia, the Crimea, and parts of Asia
3. any of the Turkic languages of these peoples; esp., a language (Kazan Tatar) spoken around Kazan

Etymology: Pers

adjective

of Tatary or its peoples, languages, or cultures