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tartan

n.
US //ˈtɑɹtən// UK //tˈɑːtən// tar·tan Archaic Humorous
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Origin

Borrowed from Hebrew תַּרְתָּן (tartān) (translated into English in versions of the Old Testament of the Bible: see the quotations), from the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian 𒌉𒋫𒉡 (tur-ta-nu).

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