czardas

or csar·das

[ chahr-dahsh ]

noun

a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.

Origin of czardas

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hungarian csárdás, equivalent to csárda “wayside tavern” (from Serbo-Croatian čȁrdāk originally, “watchtower,” from Turkish çardak “bower, booth, pergola,” from Persian chārtāk “four-cornered room”; čār “four” + tāk “vault”) + -s adjective suffix; earlier csárdák was analyzed as csárda + -k plural suffix

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How to use czardas in a sentence

I am not sure that I made much progress in anything but the csardas—the national dance,—in which I soon became a proficient.
That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
Meanwhile two csardas and a polonaise were danced, after which our quadrille would come.
Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War | Mr Jkai
And the next moment we were whirling along in all the mad mazes of the csardas.
That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for czardas

czardas

/ (ˈtʃɑːdæʃ) /

noun

a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

Origin of czardas

from Hungarian csárdás

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