Czardas Definition

chärdäsh
noun
A Hungarian dance consisting of a slow section followed by a fast one.
Webster's New World
Music for this.
Webster's New World
An intricate Hungarian dance characterized by variations in tempo.
American Heritage
The music for this dance.
American Heritage

Origin of Czardas

  • Hungarian csárdás from csárda wayside tavern from Serbo-Croatian čardāk watchtower from Ottoman Turkish č;ārṭāk, čardak hut, pergola (equivalent to modern Turkish çardak) from Persian chār ṭāq from chahār ṭāq four-cornered vault chahār four (from Old Iranian cathwārō kwetwer- in Indo-European roots) ṭāq vault (from Arabic arch ṭwq in Semitic roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hungarian csárdás from csárda wayside tavern from Serbo-Croatian čardāk watchtower from Ottoman Turkish č;ārṭāk, čardak hut, pergola (equivalent to modern Turkish çardak) from Persian chār ṭāq from chahār ṭāq four-cornered vault chahār four (from Old Iranian cathwārō kwetwer- in Indo-European roots) ṭāq vault (from Arabic arch ṭwq in Semitic roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hungarian csárdás, adjectival form of csárda (“tavern”), from Turkish.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

CCZCZA

Words Ending With

SASDAS

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