Proto-Turkic: *tArakaj
Meaning: 1 snipe 2 hawk 3 a k. of lark 4 a k. of duck (кречетка) 5 corncrake 6 merganser
Russian meaning: 1 бекас 2 ястреб 3 вид жаворонка 4 утка-кречетка 5 коростель 6 крохаль
Karakhanid: tartar 'a bird like the turtle dove, a water-fowl' (MK)'
Turkish: taraɣaj 2
Middle Turkic: taraɣaj 3
Uzbek: tɔrɣɔq 4
Khakassian: taraɣaj 1, tārt 5
Oyrat: tarqat 6
Tofalar: tarhat 6 (ФиЛ 233)
Kirghiz: tartar 5
Kazakh: tarɣaq 'steppe bird', tartar 5
Comments: VEWT 463, EDT 536. There are two distinctive formations: *tara-kaj (a k. of steppe bird, but not quite clear - which), and *tartar (basically corncrake, but attested in MK with the meaning 'a bird like turtle dove, water-fowl'). They may be related, but the latter may also represent a borrowing < Sak. tatara 'partridge' (cf. also Armen. tatrak 'turtle-dove'), see Bailey 122.
