taran

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

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Sense 1: from Russian тара́нь (taránʹ). Sense 2: from Russian таран (taran).

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.
2. A tactic of aerial ramming.

Translations

Rutilus heckelii

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

Anagrams

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

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

taran ? (plural taranoù)

1. thunder

Mutation

Mutation of taran

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish taran (“battering ram, naval ram”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

taran m inan

1. (nautical) cutwater, ram

Declension

Declension of taran (hard masculine inanimate)

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

Further reading

• “taran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “taran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dongxiang

Etymology

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

Compare Mongolian тариа (taria).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɑˈrɑŋ/

Noun

taran

1. grain, cereal