Tartu
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Etymology edit
From Estonian Tartu, from earlier Tarbatu, ultimately from tarvas (“aurochs”), qv.
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Tartu
- The second-largest city in Estonia.
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- (former names) Dorpat
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second-largest city in Estonia
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Proper noun edit
Tartu
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: Tartu
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Proper noun edit
Tartu n (proper noun, genitive Tartus or (optionally with an article) Tartu)
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Etymology edit
From Estonian Tartu (“Tartu”), from earlier Tarbatu (“Tartu”), from tarvas (“aurochs”), from Proto-Finnic *tarvas (“aurochs”), from earlier *tawras, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás (“aurochs, wisent”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull, aurochs”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtaʈʉ/, /ˈtaʁtʉ/
- (Estonian) IPA(key): /ˈtɑrtʊ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʈʉ, -aʁtʉ
- Hyphenation: Tar‧tu
Proper noun edit
Tartu
- Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)
- Tartu har fra 1600-tallet vært et sentrum for kultur og vitenskap.
- Tartu has been a center of culture and science since the 17th century.
- 2000 June 21, aftenposten.no:
- Tartu … regnes som Estlands kulturhovedstad og er kjent for sitt universitet fra svensketiden på 1600-tallet
- Tartu… is considered the cultural capital of Estonia and is known for its university from the Swedish era in the 17th century
References edit
- “Tartu” in Store norske leksikon
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Tartu n (indeclinable)
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
- Tartu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Tartu f