Main Entry:

Ta·tar

Pronunciation:

\ˈtä-tər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Persian Tātār, of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish Tatar Tatar

Date:

1842

1 : a member of any of a group of Turkic peoples found mainly in the Tatar Republic of Russia and parts of Siberia and central Asia 2 : any of the Turkic languages spoken by the Tatar peoples