Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tatar
3 senses of tatar
Sense 1
Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar -- (a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century)
=> Mongol, Mongolian -- (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)
Sense 2
Tatar -- (a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups))
=> Russian -- (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
Sense 3
Tatar -- (the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains)
=> Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language -- (a subfamily of Altaic languages)