czardas
or csar·das
[ chahr-dahsh ]
/ ˈtʃɑr dɑʃ /
noun
a Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.
Origin of czardas
1855–60; < Hungarian
csárdás, equivalent to
csárda wayside tavern (< Serbo-Croatian
čcȁrdāk orig., watchtower < Turkish < Persian
chārtāk four-cornered room;
čār
four +
tāk vault) +
-s adj. suffix; earlier
csárdák was analyzed as
csárda +
-k plural suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for czardas
czardas
/ (ˈtʃɑːdæʃ) /
noun
a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Word Origin for czardas
from Hungarian
csárdás