taraban

taraban

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian барабан (baraban).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈra.ban/

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• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ta‧ra‧ban

Noun

taraban m inan

1. taraban, a Ukrainian percussive instrument
   • 1797, Józef Wybicki, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego

     Już tam ojciec do swej Basi

     Mówi zapłakany —

     Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi

     Biją w tarabany

     A father, to his crying Basia,

     says

     Listen, ours

     are strucking the tarabans

Declension

Declension of taraban

	singular	plural
nominative	taraban	tarabany
genitive	tarabanu	tarabanów
dative	tarabanowi	tarabanom
accusative	taraban	tarabany
instrumental	tarabanem	tarabanami
locative	tarabanie	tarabanach
vocative	tarabanie	tarabani

References

1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “taraban”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

• taraban in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taraban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare tarabă.

Noun

taraban m (plural tarabani)

1. tax on stand sellers

Declension

Declension of taraban

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) taraban	tarabanul	(niște) tarabani	tarabanii
genitive/dative	(unui) taraban	tarabanului	(unor) tarabani	tarabanilor
vocative	tarabanule		tarabanilor

References

• taraban in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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Spanish

Verb

taraban

1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of tarar