taraban

See also: tarabán

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian тараба́н (tarabán).[1] Doublet of baraban. Compare Russian бараба́н (barabán).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /taˈra.ban/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aban
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra‧ban

Noun

taraban m inan

  1. (historical) taraban (percussive drum-like folk instrument of Turkish origin, which was once used in Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, in Poland)
    Synonym: tułumbas
    • 1797, Józef Wybicki, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego:
      Już tam ojciec do swej Basi
      Mówi zapłakany
      — Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi
      Biją w tarabany
      A father, to his Basia,
      says, all in tears,
      “Listen, they are saying ours
      are strucking the tarabans
  2. (Kielce, Bidziny, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship) synonym of szaraban
    Cztery konie w tarabanie,
    Same wrone.
    Four horses in a charabancs,
    All crows.
  3. (Western Lublin, Ponigwoda) synonym of bęben
    Biją mi w taraban. (war song)They are beating my drum.

Declension

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verbs

References

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

Further reading

  • taraban in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • taraban in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “taraban”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 257

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare tarabă.

Noun

taraban m (plural tarabani)

  1. tax on stand sellers

Declension

Declension of taraban
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative taraban tarabanul tarabani tarabanii
genitive-dative taraban tarabanului tarabani tarabanilor
vocative tarabanule tarabanilor

References

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

Spanish

Verb

taraban

  1. third-person plural imperfect indicative of tarar