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