Tartu

From Estonian Tartu, from earlier Tarbatu, ultimately from tarvas (“aurochs”), qv.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹtu/

Tartu

1. The second-largest city in Estonia.

• (former names) Dorpat

• Traut, tatur, tuart

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Tartu

1. Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)

• Norwegian Bokmål: Tartu

Tartu n (proper noun, genitive Tartus or (optionally with an article) Tartu)

1. Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)

   Synonyms: Dorpat, (chiefly historical) Dörpt

• dörptisch, Dörptisch, Dörptestnisch

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʈʉ/, /ˈtaʁtʉ/
• (Estonian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrtʊ/

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• Rhymes: -aʈʉ, -aʁtʉ
• Hyphenation: Tar‧tu

Tartu

1. 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

• “Tartu” in Store norske leksikon

• rutta, traut, turta, utart, uttar

Borrowed from Estonian Tartu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtar.tu/

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• Rhymes: -artu
• Syllabification: Tar‧tu

Tartu n (indeclinable)

1. Tartu (a city in Estonia)

   Synonym: Dorpat

• Tartu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Tártu

Borrowed from Estonian Tartu.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʁ.tu/

Tartu f

1. Tartu (the second-largest city in Estonia)