n.
Pronunciation: ' tä-t ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Persian T ā t ā r, 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