Tartarian

English

Etymology 1

From Tartar +‎ -ian

Noun

Tartarian (plural Tartarians)

  1. (now rare) A Tartar.
  2. (now rare) The language of the Tartars; Tatar.
    • 1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation:
      Two, or Three Honest Men […] should be Skilfull in Far-Forreyn-Languages: As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik Vulgar, the Turkish, the Tartarien, the Chiny Language, the Canadien, and the Islandish, &c.
  3. (dated) A Tartarian cherry.
    the black Tartarian
    the white Tartarian

Adjective

Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)

  1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartaric.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Tartar(us) +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Tartarian (comparative more Tartarian, superlative most Tartarian)

  1. Pertaining to Tartarus; hellish, infernal.
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