Tartan

See also: tartan, tartán, and tårtan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תַּרְתָּן (tartān) (translated into English in versions of the Old Testament of the Bible: see the quotations), from the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian 𒌉𒋫𒉡 (tur-ta-nu).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːt(ə)n/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹtn̩/, [-ɾn̩]
• Homophone: tartan
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən
• Hyphenation: Tar‧tan

Proper noun

Tartan

1. (historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 18:17, column 2:

     And the king of Aſſyria ſent Tartan and Rabſaris, and Rabſhakeh, from Lachiſh to king Hezekiah, with a great hoſte againſt Jeruſalem: […]

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 20:1, column 2:

     In the yeere that Tartan came vnto Aſhdod (when Sargon the king of Aſſyria ſent him) and fought against Aſhdod, and tooke it: […]

     2 Kings 18:17 and Isaiah 20:1 contain the only references to Tartans in the Bible.

Alternative forms

• Turtan, Turtanu

Translations

commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria

• Akkadian: 𒌉𒋫𒉡 (tur-ta-nu)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܬܵܪܬܵܢ

• Azerbaijani: Tartan
• Catalan: Tartan ?
• Finnish: Tartan
• German: Turtanu ?
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Θαρθαν ? (Tharthan)

• Hebrew: תַּרְתָּן (he) m (tartān)
• Italian: Turtanu ?
• Japanese: タルタン (Tarutan)
• Latin: Tharthan ?
• Polish: tartan m
• Portuguese: Tartã ?
• Russian: Тартан ? (Tartan)
• Spanish: Turtanu ?
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Turtanu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tatran, rattan, tantra