تاتارجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تاتار (tatar, “Tartar; courier”), of Turkic origin.

Noun

تاتارجق • (tatarcık)

1. diminutive of تاتار (tatar, “Tartar; courier”)
2. sand fly; midge; crane fly

Descendants

• Turkish: tatarcık

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تاتارجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 472
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تاتارجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 334