taraban

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈra.ban/

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• 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”

Declension

Declension of taraban

	singular	plural
nominative	taraban	tarabany
genitive	tarabanu	tarabanów
dative	tarabanowi	tarabanom
accusative	taraban	tarabany
instrumental	tarabanem	tarabanami
locative	tarabanie	tarabanach
vocative	tarabanie	tarabany

Derived terms

verbs

• tarabanić impf

 

Further reading

• taraban in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• taraban in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare tarabă.

Noun

taraban m (plural tarabani)

1. tax on stand sellers

Declension

	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