Turkish · proper noun · People & Roles
Tartar
तातार
said taa-taar
also written: tatar, taataar, turk-e-tatar
Meaning
The Tartars (Tatars) of Central Asia, famed in verse for the musk of their region and for their ferocious warriors; the type of the wild marauder.
Related words
TURKISH
Changez
Genghis Khan (d. 1227), the Mongol conqueror; the byword for the devastating barbarian invader.
PERSIAN
Khutan
Khotan, the Central Asian land famed for its musk-deer; emblem of fragrance and of the dark-eyed beauties of Tartary.
PERSIAN
Mushk
Musk; the dark, intensely fragrant secretion of the musk-deer.