𐱃𐱃𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Unknown. First attested in the **Orkhon inscriptions** (8th century CE) as 𐰆𐱃𐰔⁚𐱃𐱃𐰺⁚𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 (Otuz Tatar Bodun, “Thirty Tatar clan”) and 𐱃𐰸𐰔⁚𐱃𐱃𐰺 (Tuquz Tatar, “Nine Tatar”).

Proper noun

𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹)

  1. A Tatar, a member of one of the major tribal confederations in the Mongolian Plateau (8th–12th centuries).

Descendants

  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠷ (tatar)
  • Persian: تاتار (tātār)
  • Arabic: تَتَار (tatar)
  • English: Tatar
  • English: Tartar
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