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Tatarian

Tatarian

9.1
A person from the Tatar people
  • noun
  • /təˈtɛr.i.ən/
translation icon : tártaro
  • Russian speakers include people of many different nationalities such as Russian, Byelorussian, Ukrainian, and Tatarian, but use Russian as their first language.

Examples

  • Many non-Estonians, particularly third generation, don't feel themselves as, for example, Tatarian.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Many Tatarian people take pride in their rich cultural heritage and traditions.

  • In Russia, a Tatarian is someone who has ancestry connected to the Tatar ethnic group.

  • The festival celebrated various ethnicities, highlighting Tatarian music and dance.

Synonyms

Tatar
vsTatarian
2 8.2

A person from a Turkic-speaking ethnic group mainly in Russia and Central Asia

has the same meaning but without the extra geographic and linguistic detail

Surface Forms

Tatarian singular
Tatarians plural

Morphology

Tatarian = Tatar (transparent) = Tatar + ian

The noun meaning 'a person of Tatar descent' is the regular demonym/agentive use of '-ian' and is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word Tatarian comes from the name Tatar, the name of a group of people from Central Asia and parts of Russia. So a Tatarian is a person 'of Tatar descent' or someone who belongs to that people.