TARTAR

[s. 747] : A corruption of the name Tjitar, a Tasik Malajn Te-iig-aii-fn “Word derived, according to some, from the Mongol Turks accept this derivatribal name, Ta-ta. tion, merely adding that the tribal name should be followed by ar or er (man) so as to make full sense. The word Ta-ta-ar (man of the Ta-ta tribe) would thus be the identical word now in The form Tartar is a play on words in trouse. duced by those sufferers of the Middle Ages who could imagine no source but Hell or Tartar us for the hordes who stripped them. The term has been loosely applied to any inhabitants of Central Asia, and does not carry with it any ethnological or political significance. Many writers discard it altogether. It seems better, however, to use it in a wide sense, including both Mongol and Turkish tribes, since these are allied, yet not the s.ame. As things now are the term Mongol is made to do double duty, describing the genus as well as the species. Silence were better than loose speech that confuses. The word”Tartars” as applied by popular writers to the Tatars of Western Asia (the Kazan, A strak an, Kipchak, Nogai and Crime an Tatar) means neither more nor le than “Turks.” As applied to the Siberian nomads and those of North Turlcestan, it means “Mongols.” See Mongols and Turks. TASIK MALAJA A town in Java, Dutch East Indies, situated about 50 miles S. by W. of Cheribon. Station of the Netherlands Mi ionary Union (1898), with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 1 native worker, 1 day school, and 24 profe ed: Christians. 748