талан

Even

Noun

тала̄н (talān)

1. success

Synonyms

• няк (ņak)

References

• Cincius, V. I., Rišes, L. D. (1952) “успех”, in Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow, page 651a

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Turkic language. Cognates include Turkish talan, Kyrgyz талан (talan), and Old Turkic tala (All false friends except Kyrgyz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɐˈɫan]

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Noun

тала́н • (talán) m inan (genitive талану́, uncountable)

1. destiny, fate
   1. favourable destiny.
2. success

   Synonym: у́спіх (úspix)

3. talent

   Synonyms: хист (xyst), тала́нт (talánt)

Declension

Declension of тала́н (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular
nominative	тала́н talán
genitive	талану́ talanú
dative	талано́ві, талану́ talanóvi, talanú
accusative	тала́н talán
instrumental	талано́м talanóm
locative	талану́, талані́ talanú, talaní
vocative	тала́не taláne

Derived terms

• поталани́ти (potalanýty)
• тала́нистий (talánystyj)
• талани́ти (talanýty)

 

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “талан”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “талан”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “талан”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)