barbakan

See also: barbakán

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English barbican. Possibly borrowed from French barbacane or German Barbakane, possibly through Spanish barbacana,[1] or from borrowed from Italian barbacane[2] Further etymology uncertain, possibly from Arabic بَرْبَخ‎ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”) or Persian ‎ (bâb-khâne, “gatehouse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /barˈba.kan/
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Rhymes: -akan
Syllabification: bar‧ba‧kan

Noun

barbakan m inan

(historical) barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
Synonym: rondel

Declension

Declension of barbakan

	singular	plural
nominative	barbakan	barbakany
genitive	barbakanu	barbakanów
dative	barbakanowi	barbakanom
accusative	barbakan	barbakany
instrumental	barbakanem	barbakanami
locative	barbakanie	barbakanach
vocative	barbakanie	barbakany

References

Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “barbakan”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN