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Definitions and meaning of tat

tat

Translingual

Symbol

tat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tatar.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tatar terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”).

Noun

tat (countable and uncountable, plural tats)

  1. (uncountable, British) Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  2. (uncountable, British) Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  3. (countable, India) Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).
Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a back-formation from tatting. Attested since the 19th century.

Verb

tat (third-person singular simple present tats, present participle tatting, simple past and past participle tatted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.
Translations

References

  • “tatting, n.1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2013.

Etymology 3

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”).

Alternative forms

  • tattoo, tatt

Noun

tat (plural tats)

  1. (India, archaic) A pony.

Etymology 4

Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there.

Noun

tat (plural tats)

  1. (slang) A tattoo.
Derived terms

Verb

tat (third-person singular simple present tats, present participle tatting, simple past and past participle tatted)

  1. (slang, transitive) To apply a tattoo.
    • 2016 May 5, Fifth Harmony, “Write on Me”, 7/27, Epic Records, Sysco Music
      Write on me / Love the way you tat me up
Derived terms
  • tat up
Translations

Etymology 5

Noun

tat (plural tats)

  1. (UK, gambling, slang, archaic) Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”).

Etymology 6

Noun

tat (plural tats)

  1. Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”).

Etymology 7

Noun

tat (plural tats)

  1. Some small thing, especially that which is exchanged tit for tat.

See also

  • rat-a-tat-tat
  • tit for tat
  • tatt
  • tatting
  • tatty

Anagrams

  • AT&T, att, att., at&t

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taːt]
  • Rhymes: -aːt
  • Homophone: Tat

Verb

tat

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of tun

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tuktɜ, *tukta (“cross-beam”). Cognate with Finnish tuhto (“thwart (of a ship)”), Komi-Zyrian тік (tik, “cross wood, cross bar”), and Tym Southern Selkup тати (tati, “thwart (of a ship)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒt]
  • Hyphenation: tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

tat (plural tatok)

  1. (nautical) stern (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)

Declension

References

Further reading

  • tat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Hunsrik

Adverb

tat (Wiesemann spelling)

  1. alternative spelling of dart

Lenakel

Adjective

tat

  1. bad

References

  • John Lynch, Lenakel wordlist. (1970)

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːt/

Verb

tat

  1. third-person feminine singular perfect of ta

Mopan Maya

Noun

tat

  1. father

References

  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːt/

Noun

tat f (Arabic spelling تات)

  1. boulder, large rock, cliff, crag, precipice
  2. stone slab

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tat”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 597

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“serene, tender”). Cognate with Old Norse teitr.

Adjective

tāt

  1. glad, cheerful

Derived terms

Romansch

Etymology

Compare Latin tata, a childish word for father.

Noun

tat m (plural tats)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) grandfather

Synonyms

  • (Puter) non
  • (Vallader) bazegner, bapsegner

Related terms

  • tatta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tatь (“thief”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tât/

Noun

tȁt m (Cyrillic spelling та̏т)

  1. (expressively) thief

Declension

Further reading

  • “tat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tatь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tát/

Noun

tȁt m anim

  1. thief

Further reading

  • “tat”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Phrase

tat

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "ta det" (take it).
    Synonym: tare

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tat/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish طات (tat, dat), from Old Anatolian Turkish طات (dat), from Proto-Turkic *tātïg, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *tāt-. Cognate with Azerbaijani dad, Gagauz and Turkmen dat.

Noun

tat (definite accusative tadı, plural tatlar)

  1. taste
  2. sweetness
  3. a pleasant thing or occurrence
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

  • “tat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tat”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاط (tat), from Old Anatolian Turkish طات (tat), from Proto-Turkic *tāt.

Noun

tat (definite accusative tatı, plural tatlar)(dialectal or archaic)

  1. (Kars)stranger, alien
    Synonym: yabancı
  2. (Isparta, Denizli, İzmir, Balıkesir, Manisa, Eskişehir, Çorum, Samsun, Gaziantep, Kırşehir, Kayseri, Niğde, Konya, Mersin, Antalya, Muğla, Elazığ) mute
    Synonym: dilsiz
  3. (Denizli, İzmir, Manisa, Çorum, Diyarbakır, Nevşehir, Niğde, Adana, Cyprus, Elazığ) one who stutters
    Synonym: kekeme
  4. (Isparta, İzmir, Van, Muğla, Cyprus) ugly, unlikeable person
  5. (Afyonkarahisar, Denizli, Aydın, Kütahya, Çankırı, Erzurum, Bitlis, Muğla, Uşak, Van, Burdur) rude person
  6. (Burdur) someone who speaks rarely
  7. (Uşak) a crazy person
  8. (Kars) a Persian person
Declension

Further reading

  • “tat”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • “tat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tat”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “tat”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “tat”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tat

  1. second-person singular imperative of tatmak

Turkmen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tāt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰat/

Noun

tat (definite accusative [please provide], plural tatlar)

  1. (derogatory) Turkmens from tribes or regions culturally influenced by Uzbeks or Persians, or Turkmens speaking a dialect with foreign features and no vowel length distinction.
  2. (dated) non-Turkmens
  3. (rare) Tats, an ethnic minority in North Khorasan

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

tat

  1. father, dad

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ezitat
  • tatannimi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “отец, папа”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Etymology

From German Staat.

Noun

tat

  1. state

Declension


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