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From Russian тара́нь (taránʹ).
taran (plural tarans)
- A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely Danube.
From Old Breton taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).
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taran ? (plural taranoù)
Borrowed from Polish taran (“battering ram, naval ram”).
taran m inan
From Proto-Mongolic *tarïxan, equivalent to tari (“to sow, to plant”) + -an.
Compare Mongolian тариа (taria).
taran
From tarać + -an, from trzeć.[1]
taran m inan
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “taran”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- taran in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Borrowed from Ukrainian таран (taran).
taran n (plural taranuri)
taran
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taran
- Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
From Middle Welsh taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).
Cognate with Cornish taran, Breton taran, Irish toirneach, Scottish Gaelic tàirneanach, Manx taarnagh.
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtaran/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)ran/
taran f (plural taranau)
Welsh may employ the singular taran or plural taranau to correspond to English collective noun thunder depending on the context, e.g.
Glywest ti’r daran ’na?
- Did you hear that thunder? (i.e. that (single) clap of thunder)
Glywest ti’r taranau ’na?
- Did you hear that thunder? (i.e. those (several) claps of thunder)
- mellt (“lightning”)
- mellt a tharanau (“thunder and lightning”)
- taraniad (“thundering”)
- taranu (“to thunder”)
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies