TARPAN Definition & Meaning

tarpan

[tahr-pan]

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noun

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

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noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tarpan¹

1835–45; < Russian �ٲ��á��, said to be < Kazakh or Kirghiz

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tarpan¹

from Kirghiz Tatar

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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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