Dictionary

csardas en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɑːdæʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt͡ʃɑɹdɑʃ/ (General-American)
• /ˈzɑːdəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah Middle Persian /čahār/ Classical Persian چار (čâr) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Middle Iranianbor. Arabic طَاق (ṭāq)bor. Classical Persian طاق (tâġ) Classical Persian چَارْطَاق (čārtāq)bor. Ottoman Turkish چارطاق (çardak)bor. Hungarian csárda Proto-Uralic *-ć? Hungarian -s Hungarian csárdásbor. English csardas From Hungarian csárdás, adjectival form of csárda (“tavern”), from Ottoman Turkish چارطاق (çardak, “arbour, summerhouse”), from Persian چارتاق (čârtâq, “four-arch”), from چار (čâr, “four”) + طاق (tâq, “arch”).

Meanings

1. An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. The two main parts are called lassú (slow) and friss (quick).
   • `When you danced the czardas with Admiral Horthy?' 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 229:
2. The music and melody for such a dance.

Forms

Translations (40)

cs čardáš (Hungarian folk dance) · sv czardas (Hungarian folk dance) · hy չարդաշ (Hungarian folk dance) · yi טשאַרדאַש (Hungarian folk dance) · fi csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) · he צ׳רדש (Hungarian folk dance) · fa چارداش (Hungarian folk dance) · de Tschardasch (Hungarian folk dance) · fr czardas (Hungarian folk dance) · cmn 查達斯 /查达斯 (Hungarian folk dance) · ko 차르다시 (Hungarian folk dance) · be ча́рда́ш (Hungarian folk dance) · pl czardasz (Hungarian folk dance) · et tšaardaš (Hungarian folk dance) · uk ча́рдаш (Hungarian folk dance) · ja チャールダーシュ (Hungarian folk dance) · sh ча̏рда̄ш (Hungarian folk dance) · hu csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) · ro ceardaș (Hungarian folk dance) · it ciarda (Hungarian folk dance) · egl csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) · de Csardas (Hungarian folk dance) · it czarda (Hungarian folk dance) · de Csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) · sh čȁrdāš (Hungarian folk dance) · az çardaş (Hungarian folk dance) · sv csardas (Hungarian folk dance) · lt čardašas (Hungarian folk dance) · el τσάρντας (Hungarian folk dance) · sv csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) · ru ча́рдаш (Hungarian folk dance) · cmn 夏德西 (Hungarian folk dance) · sl čardaš (Hungarian folk dance) · alt кӱӱлик пьеса (Hungarian folk dance) · fr csardas (Hungarian folk dance) · eo ĉardaŝo (Hungarian folk dance) · cmn 恰爾達什 /恰尔达什 (Hungarian folk dance) · tr çardaş (Hungarian folk dance) · egl cśèrda (Hungarian folk dance) · ja チャルダッシュ (Hungarian folk dance)