Magyar (modyor)

[Hung., > Turk. majar.] 1. A member of a race, of the Finno-Ugrian stock, which invaded Hungary about the end of the ninth century, and settled there, where it still forms the predominant element of the population.-2. The native tongue of Hungary. It belongs to the Ugrian branch of the Ural-Altaic or Scythian tongues. magydaret (maj'i-dar), n. [ mahārāja,