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  • proper noun An Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.
  • proper noun A person belonging to this people.
  • proper noun A southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Tat people.

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Examples

  • He and Iranian native Mahin Tat have been married 15 years.

    Charlie Wilson fills the gaps in his life's winding road 2010

  • The other way of regarding the world is in accordance with what I may call the Tat-twam-asi — this-is-thyself principle.

    On Human Nature 2004

  • This belief that the soul is part of the Supreme Creative Force is expressed in the Vedic phrase Tat Tvam Asi, or Thou Art That.

    The Power of Vastu Living Kathleen Cox 2002

  • Together, Ohio State and the NCAA dusted off an obscure interpretation of the rules that allowed postponement of a suspension - in the case of the so-called "Tat 5" it was supposed to be five games - to preserve a "unique opportunity."

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • I don't know about "Tat," although the name suggests that he may have been the "Tat" of the short-lived and rather mysterious "Tat's Tales" studio.

    Prod. CM19 - The Beach Party Hans Perk 2007

  • "Tat" refers to BRAHMAN or the ABSOLUTE while "Tvam" means the TMAN, or individual, thus indicating the essential unity of the part to the whole.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • 'Tom Ketling,' said the boy, 'but they calls me "Tat" for short, because

    Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

  • This region of the dead, or Dead-land, is called "Tat," or "Tuat," but where the Egyptians thought it was situated is not quite clear.

    The Book of the Dead 1895

  • -- 'Tat' ll pe a wonter, 'says her nain sel': 'and what may it pe apout, you cuttroat?'

    Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

  • The redwood-and-glass home angled just so on a grassy, 3-acre site at Missouri and Fourth avenues remains nearly as it was when Guirey and his wife, "Tat," hosted dance classes, party after party for the Dons Club, local theater and musical groups, and other community organizations.

    azcentral.com | news 2009

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