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

The body of the caravan was forty tarpan horses, twenty camels, and twenty pack mules, all carrying goods first to Turfan, in westernmost China, then to Kashgar.

From Literature

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

From Scientific American

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg