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

But the tarpan horses were especially susceptible to panic—probably because they are such short animals, and like children, they can’t look grown men in the eye.

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There was a time when it was called a “tarpan,” but pretty much everybody agrees that it’s not a tarpan.

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With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow, see Col.

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The tarpan or wild horse of Tartary, and the mustang of South America, though de facto wild horses, are supposed to be descended from domesticated forms.

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With respect to the tarpans scraping away the snow see Col.

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