/chahr"dahsh/ , n.
a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.
Also, csardas .
[ 1855-60; csárdás, equiv. to csárda wayside tavern ( ccardak orig., watchtower chartak four-cornered room; car FOUR + tak vault) + -s adj. suffix; earlier csárdák was analyzed as csárda + -k pl. suffix ]