tatar
part of speech
noun (a Tatar, Tatars; Tatar — the language); adjective (Tatar)
meaning for a pupil
1) A member of a Turkic people who live mainly in Tatarstan in Russia, and also in Crimea (Crimean Tatars) and other countries. tree →
2) The language spoken by Tatars. tree →
3) adjective Belonging to these people, their language or their culture. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and geography lessons Tatars appear as a people with a long history in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Crimean Tatars are the native people of Crimea in Ukraine; many were forced out of their homes in 1944 and many still suffer under Russian occupation. «Steak tartare» and «tartar sauce» come from an old spelling of the name. Usually written with a capital letter: Tatar.
examples
- Tatars have lived in Crimea for hundreds of years. tree →
- Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan, where many Tatars live. tree →
- She speaks Tatar with her grandmother. tree →
- Crimean Tatar food includes a pastry called chebureki. tree →
- The Tatar language is related to Turkish. tree →
- We read about Tatar horsemen in our history book. tree →
note
Spell it with a capital letter: Tatar, Tatars. The older spelling «Tartar» is now seen as wrong for the people. Do not confuse with «tartar», the hard stuff the dentist scrapes off teeth, or «tartar sauce».
Trees and pragmatics
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