ataman

See also: Ataman

English

Alternative forms

• attaman, otaman, vataman, wataman

Etymology

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈætəmən/

Noun

ataman (plural atamans)

1. (historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

Translations

title

• Arabic: أٰتَامَان m (ʔātāmān)
• Armenian: ատաման (hy) (ataman)
• Azerbaijani:

  Roman: ataman

  Abjad: آتامان (ātāmān), اتامان (ātāmān)

• Bashkir: атаман (ataman)
• Belarusian: атама́н m (atamán)
• Bulgarian: атама́н m (atamán)
• Chuvash: утаман (ut̬aman)
• Finnish: atamaani (fi)
• French: ataman (fr) m
• German: Ataman (de) m
• Greek: αταμάνος m (atamános)
• Ingrian: atamaani
• Italian: atamano (it) m
• Japanese: アタマン (ataman)
• Kalmyk: одмн (odmn)
• Kazakh: атаман m (ataman)
• Korean: 아타만 (ataman)
• Kyrgyz: атаман (ky) (ataman)
• Macedonian: атама́н m (atamán)
• Polish: ataman (pl) m, atamanka f
• Portuguese: atamã m
• Russian: атама́н (ru) m (atamán)
• Spanish: atamán m
• Tatar: атаман (tt) (ataman)
• Turkish: ataman (tr)
• Turkmen: ataman (tk)
• Ukrainian: ота́ман m (otáman)
• Yakut: атамаан (atamaan)

See also

• hetman

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtaman/ [ʔaˈta.man̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

Noun

atáman (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜋᜈ᜔)

1. ward, dependent
2. pet (companion animal)

   Ataman na ikos

   Pet cat

3. adoptee

   Synonym: ampon

4. manner of taking care of something or someone

   Synonym: mangno

5. (dated) servant

   Synonyms: katabang, suruguon

Derived terms

• atamanon
• kag-ataman
• mag-ataman

 

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ātemen, from Old High German ātamōn, equivalent to aatom +‎ -an. Cognate to German atmen; compare Dutch ademen.

Verb

ataman (third-person singular present indicative atamet, past participle ga-atamet, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to breathe

   Alles ba léebet, atamet.

   Everything that lives breathes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ataman

infinitive		ataman
present participle		atamanten
past participle		ga-atamet
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich atame	bar ataman	i	ich atame	bar ataman
	du atamest	iart atamet		du atamest	iart atamet
	ear atamet	ze atament		ear atame	ze ataman
preterite (composed)	ich han ga-atamet	bar haban ga-atamet	ii	ich atamate	bar atamatan
	du hast ga-atamet	iart habet ga-atamet		du atamatest	iart atamatet
	ear hat ga-atamet	ze habent ga-atamet		ear atamate	ze atamatan
imperative	—	atamabar
	atam (du)	atamet (iart)
	atame (ear)	ataman (ze)

References

• “ataman” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Crimean Tatar

ataman

Noun

ataman

1. male turkey

Declension

Declension of ataman

nominative	ataman
genitive	atamannıñ
dative	atamanğa
accusative	atamannı
locative	atamanda
ablative	atamandan

French

Etymology

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

ataman m (plural atamans)

1. (historical) ataman

Polish

Alternative forms

• wataman (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wataman.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈta.man/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈta.man/, /aˈta.mɒn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧man

Noun

ataman m pers (female equivalent atamanka)

1. (historical, military) ataman

Declension

Declension of ataman

	singular	plural
nominative	ataman	atamani/atamanowie
genitive	atamana	atamanów
dative	atamanowi	atamanom
accusative	atamana	atamanów
instrumental	atamanem	atamanami
locative	atamanie	atamanach
vocative	atamanie	atamani/atamanowie

Derived terms

adjective

• atamański

 

nouns

• ataman koszowy
• atamaństwo

 

verbs

• atamanić impf
• atamanować impf

 

Further reading

• ataman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ataman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ataman”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Wiesław Morawski (08.02.2021) “ATAMAN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 67

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian атаман (ataman) or Ukrainian атаман (ataman). Doublet of vătăman.

Noun

ataman m (plural atamani)

1. (historical) Cossack chieftain
2. fisherman chief

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ataman	atamanul		atamani	atamanii
genitive-dative	ataman	atamanului		atamani	atamanilor
vocative	atamanule			atamanilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian, from Ottoman Turkish and German Hauptmann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

Noun

atàmān m (Cyrillic spelling ата̀ма̄н)

1. ataman

Declension

Declension of ataman

	singular	plural
nominative	atàmān	atamani
genitive	atamána	atamana
dative	atamanu	atamanima
accusative	atamana	atamane
vocative	atamanu	atamani
locative	atamanu	atamanima
instrumental	atamanom	atamanima

References

• “ataman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024