taran

taran

See also: Taran, tarań, tàrán, t-arán, țăran, and Țăran

English

taran

Etymology

From Russian тара́нь (taránʹ).

Noun

taran (plural tarans)

1. A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely Danube.

Translations

Rutilus heckelii

Russian: тара́нь (ru) f (taránʹ), тара́нка (ru) f (taránka) Ukrainian: тара́ня f (taránja), тара́нька f (taránʹka)

Anagrams

• Arant, Ratna, Trana, antra, ran at, ratan

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Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).

Noun

taran ? (plural taranoù)

1. thunder

Mutation

  Mutation of taran  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	taran	daran	zaran	unchanged
plural	taranoù	daranoù	zaranoù	unchanged

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Czech

Etymology

From Polish taran (“battering ram, naval ram”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaran]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ran

Noun

taran m

1. (nautical)cutwater, ram

Declension

Declension of taran

	singular	plural
nominative	taran	tarany
genitive	taranu	taranů
dative	taranu	taranům
accusative	taran	tarany
vocative	tarane	tarany
locative	taranu, taraně	taranech
instrumental	taranem	tarany

Further reading

• taran in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• taran in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *tarïxan, equivalent to tari (“to sow, to plant”) +‎ -an.

Compare Mongolian тариа (taria).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaˈraŋ/, [tʰɑˈɾɑ̃(ŋ)]

Noun

taran

1. grain, cereal

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Polish

Etymology

From tarać +‎ -an, from trzeć.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ran/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: ta‧ran

Noun

taran m inan

1. (historical)battering ram
2. (nautical)cutwater, ram

Declension

Declension of taran

	singular	plural
nominative	taran	tarany
genitive	taranu/tarana	taranów
dative	taranowi	taranom
accusative	taran	tarany
instrumental	taranem	taranami
locative	taranie	taranach
vocative	taranie	tarany

Derived terms

verbs

• staranować
• taranować

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: тара́н (tarán)
• → Czech: taran
• → Russian: тара́н (tarán)
• → Ukrainian: тара́н (tarán)

References

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

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian таран (taran).

Noun

taran n (plural taranuri)

1. common roach (Rutilus rutilus)

Declension

Declension of taran

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) taran	taranul	(niște) taranuri	taranurile
genitive/dative	(unui) taran	taranului	(unor) taranuri	taranurilor
vocative	taranule		taranurilor

References

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

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Spanish

Verb

taran

1. third-person plural present indicative of tarar

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”). Doublet of thoriwm.

Cognate with Cornish taran, Breton taran, Irish toirneach, Scottish Gaelic tàirneanach, Manx taarnagh.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaran/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːran/, /ˈtaran/

Noun

taran f (plural taranau)

1. a thunderclap

   Synonyms: trwst, twrf

2. (in the plural) thunder

Coordinate terms

• mellt (“lightning”)

Derived terms

• mellt a tharanau (“thunder and lightning”)
• taraniad (“thundering”)
• taranu (“to thunder”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
taran	daran	nharan	tharan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies