Standard Lemma guide

Tatar

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)/
  • also: /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈtɑtɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɑːtə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ætɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: T AA2 T AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Tatar customs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Tartary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tartar

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

A Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tartar

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

8

noun

Meaning 8

a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Russian

9

noun

Meaning 9

a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tartar, Mongol Tatar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Mongol, Mongolian

History

Etymology

From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Polish Tatar and Hungarian Tatár, an ethnic surname for a Tatar person.

Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • Arabic: تَتَرِيّ (tatariyy) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Armenian: թաթարական (tʻatʻarakan) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Azerbaijani: tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • Belarusian: тата́рскі (tatárski) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Bengali: তাতারী (tatari) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Bulgarian: тата́рски (tatárski) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Chuvash: тутар (tut̬ar) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Czech: tatarský — Tatar (adjective)
  • Dutch: Tataars — Tatar (adjective)
  • Esperanto: tatara — Tatar (adjective)
  • Estonian: tatari — Tatar (adjective)
  • Finnish: tataarilainen — Tatar (adjective)
  • French: tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • French: tatare — Tatar (adjective)
  • Georgian: თათრული (tatruli) — Tatar (adjective)
  • German: tatarisch — Tatar (adjective)
  • Greek: ταταρικός (tatarikós) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Hindi: तातारी (tātārī) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Hungarian: tatár — Tatar (adjective)
  • Icelandic: tatarskur — Tatar (adjective)
  • Italian: tartaro — Tatar (adjective)
  • Japanese: タタール (tatāru) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Kazakh: татар (tatar) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Khmer: តតរ (tâtâr) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Korean: 타타르 (tatareu) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Kyrgyz: татар (tatar) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Latin: tataricus — Tatar (adjective)
  • Macedonian: татарски (tatarski) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Mongolian: татаар (tataar) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Persian: تاتاری (tâtâri) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Polish: tatarski — Tatar (adjective)
  • Portuguese: tártaro — Tatar (adjective)
  • Romanian: tătăresc — Tatar (adjective)
  • Russian: тата́рский (tatárskij) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̏тарскӣ — Tatar (adjective)
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȁtarskī — Tatar (adjective)
  • Slovak: tatársky — Tatar (adjective)
  • Slovene: tatarski — Tatar (adjective)
  • Spanish: tártaro — Tatar (adjective)
  • Tajik: тоторӣ (totori) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Tatar: татар (tatar) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Turkish: Tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • Turkmen: tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • Udmurt: бигер (biger) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Ukrainian: тата́рський (tatársʹkyj) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Urdu: تاتاری (tātārī) — Tatar (adjective)
  • Uzbek: tatar — Tatar (adjective)
  • Arabic: تَتَرِيّ (tatariyy) — language
  • Arabic: تَتَرِيَّة (tatariyya) — language
  • Armenian: թաթարերեն (tʻatʻareren) — language
  • Asturian: tártaru — language
  • Azerbaijani: tatar dili — language
  • Bengali: তাতারী (tatari) — language
  • Catalan: tàtar — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔塔爾語 /塔塔尔语 (tǎtǎ'ěr yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韃靼語 /鞑靼语 (dádáyǔ) — language
  • Chuvash: тутар чӗлхи (tut̬ar čĕlh̬i) — language
  • Coptic: ⲧⲉⲣⲧⲟⲩⲣⲟⲥ (tertouros) — language
  • Czech: tatarština — language
  • Dutch: Tataars — language
  • Esperanto: tatara — language
  • Esperanto: tatara lingvo — language
  • Estonian: tatari keel — language
  • Finnish: tataari — language
  • Finnish: tataarin kieli — language
  • French: tatar — language
  • German: Tatarisch — language
  • German: tatarische Sprache — language
  • Hindi: तातार (tātār) — language
  • Hungarian: tatár — language
  • Icelandic: tatarska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Tatar — language
  • Japanese: タタール語 (tatārugo) — language
  • Kalmyk: маңһд келн (mañğd keln) — language
  • Kazakh: татар тілі (tatar tılı) — language
  • Kazakh: татарша (tatarşa) — language
  • Korean: 타타르어 (tatareueo) — language
  • Kyrgyz: татарча (tatarca) — language
  • Macedonian: татарски (tatarski) — language
  • Manchu: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᡵ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (tatar gisun) — language
  • Polish: tatarski — language
  • Portuguese: tártaro — language
  • Portuguese: língua tártara — language
  • Romanian: tătară — language
  • Russian: тата́рский язы́к (tatárskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: тата́рский (tatárskij) — language
  • Spanish: tártaro — language
  • Swedish: tatariska — language
  • Tatar: татар теле (tatar tele) — language
  • Tatar: татарча (tatarça) — language
  • Turkish: Tatarca — language
  • Ukrainian: тата́рська мо́ва (tatársʹka móva) — language
  • Uyghur: تاتار تىلى (tatar tili) — language
  • Uyghur: تاتارچە (tatarche) — language
  • Uzbek: tatar tili — language
  • Uzbek: tatarcha — language
  • Xibe: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠷ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (tatar gisun) — language
  • Albanian: tatar — person
  • Armenian: թաթար (tʻatʻar) — person
  • Azerbaijani: tatar — person
  • Bengali: তাতার (tatar) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韃靼人 /鞑靼人 (dádárén) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔塔爾人 /塔塔尔人 (tǎtǎ'ěrrén) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韃子 /鞑子 (dázi) — person
  • Chuvash: тутар (tut̬ar) — person
  • Czech: Tatar — person
  • Czech: Tatarka — person
  • Esperanto: tataro — person
  • Esperanto: tatarino — person
  • Estonian: tatarlane — person
  • Finnish: tataari — person
  • French: Tartare — person
  • French: Tatar — person
  • French: Tatare — person
  • Georgian: თათარი (tatari) — person
  • German: Tatar — person
  • German: Tatarin — person
  • Greek: Τάταρος (Tátaros) — person
  • Hindi: तातारी (tātārī) — person
  • Hindi: तातार (tātār) — person
  • Hungarian: tatár — person
  • Japanese: タタール (tatāru) — person
  • Japanese: 韃靼 (dattan) — person
  • Kalmyk: маңһд (mañğd) — person
  • Kazakh: татар (tatar) — person
  • Kyrgyz: татар (tatar) — person
  • Latvian: tatārs — person
  • Lithuanian: totorius — person
  • Macedonian: Татар (Tatar) — person
  • Macedonian: Татарка (Tatarka) — person
  • Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡨ᠋ᠠᡵᠠ (tatara) — person
  • Manchu: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᡵ (tatar) — person
  • Eastern Mari: суас (suas) — person
  • Eastern Mari: тадар (tadar) — person
  • Western Mari: суас (suas) — person
  • Western Mari: тадар (tadar) — person
  • Mingrelian: თანთარი (tantari) — person
  • Mongolian: татаар (tataar) — person
  • Persian: تاتار (tâtâr) — person
  • Polish: Tatar — person
  • Polish: Tatarka — person
  • Portuguese: tártaro — person
  • Portuguese: tártara — person
  • Romanian: tătar — person
  • Romanian: tătară — person
  • Romanian: tătăroaică — person
  • Russian: тата́рин (tatárin) — person
  • Russian: тата́рка (tatárka) — person
  • Slovak: Tatár — person
  • Slovak: Tatárka — person
  • Slovene: Tatar — person
  • Slovene: Tatarka — person
  • Tajik: тотор (totor) — person
  • Tatar: татар (tatar) — person
  • Tatar: татарлар (tatarlar) — person
  • Turkish: Tatar — person
  • Turkmen: tatar — person
  • Udmurt: бигер (biger) — person
  • Ukrainian: тата́рин (tatáryn) — person
  • Ukrainian: тата́рка (tatárka) — person
  • Uyghur: تاتار (tatar) — person
  • Uzbek: tatar — person
  • Written Oirat: ᡏᠠᡊᡎᠠᡑ (mangɣad) — person
  • Xibe: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠷ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (tatar niyalma) — person
  • Yakut: татаар (tataar) — person