taraban

Polish

Etymology

From Russian тарабан (taraban).[1]

Noun

taraban m inan

  1. taraban, a Ukrainian percussive instrument
    • 1797, Józef Wybicki, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
      Już tam ojciec do swej Basi
      Mówi zapłakany —
      Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi
      Biją w tarabany
      A father, to his crying Basia,
      says
      Listen, 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 tarabani

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “baraban”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish)

Further reading

taraban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

taraban

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperfect indicative form of tarar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) imperfect indicative form of tarar.
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