Tartar

Meanings

Noun

• Alternate spelling of Tatar
• A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
• A person of a keen, irritable temper.
• Rough or violent event.

Adjective

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

Proper Noun

• One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh (country) and Azerbaijan (country)
• A town in Azerbaijan (country) located on this river

Origin

• From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, from Old Turkic , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος.
• From Armenian Թարթառ.