تراتور

Etymology
. Perhaps from. Alternatively, from some derivative of, perhaps. Theodoridis's tentative attempt to derive from, which has been uncritically accepted in some standard references (e.g in Eren and Stachowski), is speculative (as admitted by Theodoridis himself) due to the difference in meaning, unusual sound changes and lack of evidence that the dish entered into Ottoman cuisine from Pontus.

Noun

 * 1) tarator a sauce of pounded nuts and oil, eaten with bread
 * 2) tarator a kind of salad of chopped cucumber and curds, etc.