Tarˈtary noun

Tatary (qv under Tatar)

Tartarian lamb noun

Barometz

Tartarus /tärˈtə-rəs/

1. In Homer, a deep and sunless abyss, as far below Hades as earth is below heaven
2. A place for the punishment of evil-doers in Hades
3. Hell

—Also (Spenser and Shakesp) Tarˈtar, and (Spenser) Tarˈtare, Tarˈtarie and Tarˈtary

Tartarean /-tāˈri-ən/ adjective

Tatar /täˈtər/

1. Orig a member of any of certain Tungusic tribes in Chinese Tartary
2. Extended to any of the Mongol, Turkish and other warriors who swept over Asia and Europe
3. Loosely, one of the mixed inhabitants of Tartary, Siberia and the Russian steppes, incl Kazan Tartars, Crim Tartars, Kipchaks, Kalmucks, etc
4. Any of the languages spoken by the Tatars, belonging to the Turkic group of languages
5. A speaker of a Turkic language

Of or relating to the Tatars or their languages

Tatarian /tä-tāˈri-ən/ or Tataric /-tarˈik/ adjective

1. Of the Tatars
2. Of the Turkic group of languages

Taˈtary or Tarˈtary noun (historical)

A name given from the 14c by W European peoples to a vast, ill-defined area of E Europe and Asia, inhabited by Tatars