ataman

• attaman, otaman, vataman, wataman

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

• IPA^(key): /ˈætəmən/
• Hyphenation: at‧a‧man

ataman (plural atamans)

1. (historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

• hetman

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtaman/ [ʔaˈta.man̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

atáman (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜋᜈ᜔)

1. ward, dependent
2. pet (companion animal)

   Ataman na ikos

   Pet cat

3. adoptee

   Synonym: ampon

4. manner of taking care of something or someone

   Synonym: mangno

5. (dated) servant

   Synonyms: katabang, suruguon

From Middle High German ātemen, from Old High German ātamōn, equivalent to aatom +‎ -an. Cognate to German atmen; compare Dutch ademen.

ataman (third-person singular present indicative atamet, past participle ga-atamet, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to breathe

   Alles ba léebet, atamet.

   Everything that lives breathes.

• “ataman” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

ataman

1. male turkey

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.mɑ̃/

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ataman m (plural atamans)

1. (historical) ataman

• wataman (Middle Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish wataman.

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• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧man

ataman m pers (female equivalent atamanka)

1. (historical, military) ataman

• ataman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ataman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ataman”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Wiesław Morawski (08.02.2021) “ATAMAN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ataman”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 67

Borrowed from Russian атаман (ataman) or Ukrainian атаман (ataman). Doublet of vătăman.

ataman m (plural atamani)

1. (historical) Cossack chieftain
2. fisherman chief

From Russian, from Ottoman Turkish and German Hauptmann.

• IPA^(key): /atǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

atàmān m anim (Cyrillic spelling ата̀ма̄н)

1. ataman

• “ataman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025