Tartary en · PROPN
Etymology
From Old French Tartaire, from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
From Old French Tartarie, from Medieval Latin Tartaria (“land of the Tartars”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Meanings
- (archaic) A blanket term for the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Siberia.
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of Tartarus.
alt of Tartarus
An huge great Dragon horrible in ſight, Bred in the loathly lakes of Tartary
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 102:
- (archaic) Chinese Tartary; regions outside of China proper inhabited by non-Han Chinese populations.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatary | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Kuban Tartary · Krim Tartary · Little Tartary · Crim Tartary · lamb of Tartary · Chinese Tartary · Tartarean
Relateds
Translations (7)
zh 韃靼利亞 /鞑靼利亚 (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · hu Tatárföld (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · ru Тарта́рия (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · la Tartaria (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · pl Tartaria (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · hu Tatárország (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia) · fr Tartarie (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia)