Associations to the word «Tatar»

Wiktionary

TATAR, proper noun. 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.
TATAR, noun. A person belonging to one of several Turkic, Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

Dictionary definition

TATAR, noun. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
TATAR, noun. A member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups).
TATAR, noun. The Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains.

Wise words

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