bajan

See also: Bajan and baján

English

Noun

bajan (plural bajans)

1. Alternative form of bayan (“type of accordion”).
   • 1974, Fontes Artis Musicae, volume 21, page 67:

     Sinfonietta for orch and two bajans (Russian accordions).

   • 1992, Report from the […] International Meeting of the International Council for Traditional Music’s Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments, Musikmuseet, page 94:

     […] kruglolitsa” with an accompaniment by balalajkas, domras and a bajan.

   • 1994, Stereophile, volume 17, page 193:

     […] the Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, a three-quarter-of-an-hour work for a massively outsized orchestra, an ensemble of bajans (accordions), an extra brass group, a collection of percussion, chorus, and, very briefly, a narrator who represents the voice of Lenin making a stirring announcement through a megaphone, here dramatically read by Gennady Rozhdenstvensky.

   • 1997, Directions in Sound, volume 45/46, page 10:

     Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Trio Voronezh playing piano, trombone and Russian folk instruments: the double-bass balalaika (a large triangular instrument), the domra (a short-necked lute), and a bajan (a button accordion, partially operated with the chin).

   • 1997, Orchestral Music in Print, Musicdata, →ISBN, page 178:

     accordion or bajan solo

   • 2007, Opera, volume 58, page 1467:

     He takes a chamber-music approach to the large orchestral forces, isolating various instruments from time to time, and creating a glistening score with a vast, evocative range of sounds, partly through the inclusion of mandolins, guitars, theorbo, electronic keyboard and a bajan (an accordion with a very high register), which often create an alienating effect, as in the grotesque minuet in the first act.

   • 2019, Maximillien de Lafayette, Accordion and World’s Best Contemporary Accordionists, →ISBN, page 182:

     And he pursued additional courses/training on the bajan, under the guidance of Maestro Gianluca Pica, and continued his advanced accordion studies with Maestro Alessandro Mugnoz at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali […]

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бая́н (baján).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.jan/
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: ba‧jan

Noun

bajan m inan

1. bayan (accordion-like instrument)

Declension

Declension of bajan

	singular	plural
nominative	bajan	bajany
genitive	bajanu	bajanów
dative	bajanowi	bajanom
accusative	bajan	bajany
instrumental	bajanem	bajanami
locative	bajanie	bajanach
vocative	bajanie	bajany

Further reading

• bajan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From bȁjati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːjan/
• Hyphenation: ba‧jan

Adjective

bȃjan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑јан, definite bȃjnī)

1. beautiful, delightful, wonderful (in appearance, figuratively)
2. legendary
3. magical, fantastic, enchanting

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bajan	bajna	bajno
genitive		bajna	bajne	bajna
dative		bajnu	bajnoj	bajnu
accusative	inanimate animate	bajan bajna	bajnu	bajno
vocative		bajan	bajna	bajno
locative		bajnu	bajnoj	bajnu
instrumental		bajnim	bajnom	bajnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bajni	bajne	bajna
genitive		bajnih	bajnih	bajnih
dative		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)
accusative		bajne	bajne	bajna
vocative		bajni	bajne	bajna
locative		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)
instrumental		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bajni	bajna	bajno
genitive		bajnog(a)	bajne	bajnog(a)
dative		bajnom(u/e)	bajnoj	bajnom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	bajni bajnog(a)	bajnu	bajno
vocative		bajni	bajna	bajno
locative		bajnom(e/u)	bajnoj	bajnom(e/u)
instrumental		bajnim	bajnom	bajnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bajni	bajne	bajna
genitive		bajnih	bajnih	bajnih
dative		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)
accusative		bajne	bajne	bajna
vocative		bajni	bajne	bajna
locative		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)
instrumental		bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)	bajnim(a)

Further reading

• “bajan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

bajan (Cyrillic spelling бајан)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of bajati

Spanish

Verb

bajan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bajar