czardas

Or csar·das

[chahr-dahsh]

noun

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

czardas

/ ˈtʃɑːdæʃ /

noun

1. a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections

2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

Word History and Origins

Origin of czardas¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of czardas¹

from Hungarian csárdás