Tartarian
UK/ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌtɑɹˈtɛɹi.ən/
Tartarian noun: a Tartar.
Noun
Tartarian (plural Tartarians)
- A Tartar.
- Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c.1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation
- Any of various varieties of cherry. The Black Tartarian is a sweet cherry from Russia; the White Tartarian is a French variety of the early 1800s.
Proper noun
Tartarian
- The language of the Tartars; Tatar.
Adjective (1)
Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)
- Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.
- Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now,
And pitcht our tents vnder the Georgean hills,
Whoſe tops are couered with Tartarian theeues,
That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray:
What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight,
And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- Then hauing paſt Armenian deſerts now,
Adjective (2)
Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)
- Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.
- (Sulphur Bottom).—Another retiring gentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 153
Tartarian meaning in Tamil
Tartarian in Tamil
- தார்த்தாரி இனஞ் சார்ந்த
Forms of Tartarian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Tartarians |
| alternative form | Tartarean |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Tartarian |
| superlative | most Tartarian |
Origin of Tartarian
From Tartar + -ian, Tartary + -an, or Tartaria + -n
From Tartar(us) + -ian.
Words formed from Tartarian
- Tartarian aster
- Tartarian lamb
- Tartarian honeysuckle
Phrases with Tartarian
Words that rhyme with Tartarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about Tartarian
- What does Tartarian mean?
- Tartarian means a Tartar.
- What is Tartarian in Tamil?
- Tartarian in Tamil is தார்த்தாரி இனஞ் சார்ந்த. See Tartarian meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Tartarian?
- Tartarian can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Tartarian?
- Tartarian is pronounced /ˌtɑːˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Tartarian?
- The plural of Tartarian is Tartarians.
Words near Tartarian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tartarian (page history and authors); Tartarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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