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taran

From Russian тара́нь (taránʹ).

taran (plural tarans)

  1. 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)

  1. thunder

Borrowed from Polish taran (battering ram, naval ram).

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaran]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ran

taran m inan

  1. (nautical) cutwater, ram
  • taran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • taran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Mongolic *tarïxan, equivalent to tari (to sow, to plant) +‎ -an.

Compare Mongolian тариа (taria).

taran

  1. grain, cereal

From tarać +‎ -an, from trzeć.[1]

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ran/
  • Rhymes: -aran
  • Syllabification: ta‧ran

taran m inan

  1. (historical) battering ram
  2. (nautical) cutwater, ram
  1. ^ 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)

  1. common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
  • taran in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

taran

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tarar

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taran

  1. spike, thorn
  • 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.

taran f (plural taranau)

  1. thunder, a thunderclap
    Synonyms: trwst, twrf

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)
  • 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