тъпан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫpanъ. A wanderwort, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῠ́μπᾰνον (tŭ́mpănon, “drum”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɤpɐn]

Noun

тъ́пан • (tǎ́pan) m

a type of percussion instrument (similar to drums)

Declension

Declension of тъ́пан
	singular	plural
indefinite	тъ́пан tǎ́pan	тъ́пани tǎ́pani
definite (subject form)	тъ́панът tǎ́panǎt	тъ́паните tǎ́panite
definite (object form)	тъ́пана tǎ́pana	тъ́паните tǎ́panite
count form	—	тъ́пана tǎ́pana

Alternative forms

ту́пан (túpan), та́пан (tápan) — with dialectal realization of proto-Slavic *-ǫ-

Derived terms

тъ́паня (tǎ́panja, “to drum”)
- тъпана́р (tǎpanár), тъ́панджия (tǎ́pandžija) (agent nouns)

Related terms

ту́пам (túpam), туптя́ (tuptjá, “to beat, to pulsate”) (cognate with the Greek word)
тъп (tǎp, “stupid”) (cognate with the Greek word)

References

“тъпан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“тъпан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010