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語源 1

From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tatar and tartare.

名詞

Tartar (plural Tartars)

1. Alternative spelling of Tatar.
2. A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
   • 1871, Henry Yule, transl., The Travels of Marco Polo, Marco Polo, book 1, chapter 13:

     Persia is a great country, which was in old times very illustrious and powerful; but now the Tartars have wasted and destroyed it.

3. (figurative, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.
4. (figurative) A rough or violent event.
   • 2003, Erik Larson, “Alone”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 106:

     I haven't escaped sickness all my life to get off easily now. […] I knew when my turn came, it would be a Tartar.

派生語

関連する語

• Tartary
• Tartaria

形容詞

Tartar (comparative more Tartar, superlative most Tartar)

1. Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.

   Tartar customs

派生語

• Tartar maple (Acer tataricum)

語源 2

From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).

固有名詞

Tartar

1. One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
2. A town in Azerbaijan located on this river.