Tatarian

Variant of Tatar

Tatar definition

Ta·tar (tät′ər)

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
also Tatarian Ta·tar′·ian (tä ter′ē ən) or Tataric Ta·tar′ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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