a member of an indigenous people inhabiting parts of European Russia, esp around the central part of the river Volga, the N Caucasus, Crimea, and parts of Siberia
the Turkic language spoken by this people
Tatar adj
Tatarian /taʹtari·ən/ adj
Tataric /taʹtarik/ adj
[Middle English Tartre from early French Tartare, ultimately from Persian Tātār, of Turkic origin]