What is the origin of the word TARTAR / TARTARY? Does it derive from the Greek work for the underground?

Answer 1

Tatars (Tatar: Tatarlar), often misspelled Tartar, is a collective name applied to the Turkic speaking people of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The name is first recorded in the Old Turkic Orkhon script in Mongolia - and was first translated at the beginning of the 20th century.
It was formerly believed to be derived from the name Tartarus, the Greek god of the underworld. This belief led to the frequent spelling and pronunciation of the name with an extra 'r', to conform with the classical Greek word.
However, this provenance is unlikely since the Tatars use this name for themselves. The name may be related to the old Chinese word 'ta-tan' or 'da-dan', and more specifically to the Ta-Ta Mongols.

Answer 2

Tartar
A member of any of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples of central Asia who invaded western Asia and eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
Middle English Tartre, from Old French Tartare, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, alteration (influenced by Latin Tartarus, Tartarus), of Persian Ttr ; see Tatar


Tartary
A vast region of eastern Europe and northern Asia controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. It extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean under the rule of Genghis Khan.

Answer 3

Tartar is from Persian(today Iran) origin, but the persian empire at that time was part of Alexander The Great Empire, and he was Macedonian and his empire included Greece. See this link
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tartar

Answer 4

It's just a coincidence. The original word is Tatar.
Just as avocado pears have nothing to do with pears or Portugese lawyers.

Answer 5

Check if this works for you
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Tartar

Answer 6

It is from the word, "tartarus". Here is the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarus