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tartary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
tar-tary
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A blanket term for the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Siberia.

Archaic

name

Chinese Tartary; regions outside of China proper inhabited by non-Han Chinese populations.

Archaic

name

Obsolete form of Tartarus.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old French Tartarie, from Medieval Latin Tartaria (“land of the Tartars”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Tartarie, -, 𐱃𐱃𐰺, Tartarus, Τάρταρος, Tartaire

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tatary (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tartarean

Phrases

Chinese Tartary Crim Tartary Krim Tartary Kuban Tartary lamb of Tartary Little Tartary

Frequently Paired Words

Tartar Tatar

Rhymes With

artery sparterie

Questions

What does tartary mean?
A blanket term for the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Siberia.
Where does tartary come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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