Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tatar

/ˈtɑtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
tatar
IPA
/ˈtɑtɚ/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Tartary.

Obsolete

adj

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 𐱃𐱃𐰺, -, Tatar, Tatár

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈtɑtɚ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Tatars (plural) more Tatar (comparative) most Tatar (superlative)

Derived Forms

Tatarophobia Tatarophone Tatarstan Tatary

Phrases

Chinese Tatar Crimean Tatar Dobrujan Tatar Finnish Tatar Kazan Tatar Nogai Tatar Siberian Tatar Tatar Yoke

Synonyms

Homonyms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce tatar?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɑtɚ/.
What does tatar mean?
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.
Where does tatar come from?
It is traced to Czech.

How to pronounce tatar

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