Tartu

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹtu/

Tartu

1. The second-largest city in Estonia.

   Synonym: (former name) Dorpat

   • 2016 June 23, Sarah Butrymowicz, “Estonia Is Becoming the New Finland”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 June 2016:

     Even though teacher training has been completely overhauled at Tartu University to place more emphasis on how to teach students critical thinking and communication and less on content knowledge, officials there say it’s taking a while to trickle down into the classroom.

• Traut, tatur, tuart

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrtu/, [ˈtɑrtu]

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/

• Audio:

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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)