tarpan

[ tahr-pan ]

noun

1. a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.

tarpan

/ ˈtɑːpæn /

noun

1. a European wild horse, Equus caballus gomelini, common in prehistoric times but now extinct

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarpan¹

1835–45; < Russian tarpán, said to be < Kazakh or Kirghiz

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarpan¹

from Kirghiz Tatar

Example Sentences

Another species, the Tarpan, roams the Steppes of Tartary, and is with great difficulty tamed to the use of man.

From Project Gutenberg

Tarpan, tar′pan, n. the small wild horse of the steppes of Russia.

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He resembles the tarpan or wild horse of the Caspian steppes.

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