baran

See also: Baran

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ran/
  • Rhymes: -aran
  • Syllabification: ba‧ran

Noun

baran m animal (diminutive barónk or barank, related adjective barani)

  1. ram (male sheep)
    Synonyms: bòdôcz, rogôl

Noun

baran m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bonehead (idiot)

Noun

baran m inan

  1. badly cut windrow

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “barôn”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 5
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “baran”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 17
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “baran”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “baran”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • baran”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m anim (diminutive barank)

  1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • jagnje (lamb)
  • skop (wether)
  • śiba (ewe)

Derived terms

  • baraniś

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “baran”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “baran”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maranao

Noun

baran

  1. target practice

Middle English

Adjective

baran

  1. alternative form of bareyne

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥ (water; rain), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (water). Cognate to Central Kurdish باران (baran) and Persian باران (bârân); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːˈɾɑːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

baran f (Arabic spelling باران)

  1. rain
  • barandin (to cause to rain)
  • barîn (to rain)
  • baranî

References

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) “bārān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152
  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 33b
  • Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “baran”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 61a
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “baran”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /baraːn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /barɒn/

Noun

baran m animacy unattested (diminutive baranek or baraniec, related adjective barani or baranowy)

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) ram (male sheep)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[3], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 64, 14:
      Obleczeni sø baranowe owecz (induti sunt arietes ovium)
      [Obleczeni są baranowie owiec (induti sunt arietes ovium)]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 144v:
      Veruex id est aries non castratus et est pater ouium eyn wider baran
      [Veruex id est aries non castratus et est pater ouium eyn wider baran]
adjectives

Descendants

  • Polish: baran
  • Silesian: barōn

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “baran”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “baran”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “baran”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “baran”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “baran”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “baran”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish baran.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ran/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aran
  • Syllabification: ba‧ran
  • Homophone: Baran

Noun

baran m animal (diminutive baranek, augmentative baranisko, related adjective barani)

  1. ram (male sheep)
    Synonyms: tryk, cap
    Coordinate term: owca
  2. (colloquial) ramskin, sheepskin (leather of this animal)
    Synonyms: baranica, kożuch
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) frizz (very curly, short hair)
    Synonym: baranek
  4. (heraldry) ram (image of this animal as used in coats of arms)
  5. (obsolete) type of rabbit
  6. (obsolete, historical) battering ram
    Synonym: taran
  7. (obsolete, engineering) pile driver (machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground)
    Synonyms: baba, kafar
  8. (obsolete) milk skin, skin (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid)
    Synonym: kożuch
  9. (obsolete) stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
    Synonym: jelonek rogacz
  10. (obsolete) wagon hub, nave (the central part of a wheel of a wagon)
  11. (obsolete) type of game
  12. (obsolete) long roll of straw; large saddle of straw on a roof
  13. (obsolete) large place (tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface moved by two people)
  14. (Middle Polish) ram meat
    Synonym: baranina
  15. (Middle Polish) large sea fish
  16. (Middle Polish) type of corporal punishment device
  17. (Middle Polish) churn (device for making butter)
    Synonym: maselnica
  18. (Middle Polish) lamb (virtuous person)
  19. (Middle Polish) lamb (follower of Christ)
  20. (Middle Polish) lift (device for raising heavy objects)
  21. (Middle Polish) crank stock; oil press

Declension

Noun

baran m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bonehead (idiot)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Derived terms

adverbs
phrases
  • wróćmy do naszych baranów
verbs
adverbs

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎran/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ran

Noun

bàran m anim (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ран)

  1. (regional) ram
    Synonym: óvan

Declension

Declension of baran
singular plural
nominative baran barani
genitive barana barana
dative baranu baranima
accusative barana barane
vocative barane barani
locative baranu baranima
instrumental baranom baranima

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m animal (relational adjective baraní, diminutive baránok or baranček, augmentative baranisko)

  1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of baran
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativebaranbarany
genitivebaranabaranov
dativebaranovibaranom
accusativebaranabarany
locativebaranovibaranoch
instrumentalbaranombaranmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • baran”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovincian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ran/
  • Rhymes: -aran
  • Syllabification: ba‧ran

Noun

baran m animal

  1. alternative form of barón

Further reading

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay badan, from Arabic بَدَن (badan). Compare Maranao badan and Sangir badang.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /baɾan/ [baˈɾan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ba‧ran

Noun

baran (Sulat Sūg spelling بَرَنْ)

  1. body (of a person; animal or the main part of something, such as the hull of a ship, stove, etc., the frame of a vehicle, the body of a letter, etc.)
    Synonyms: jasad, anggawta'
    Malagguꞌ in baran sin babai yaun.
    That woman’s body is big.

Derived terms

  • baran-baran
  • baranun
  • magbaran
  • nagbabaran

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باران (baran), from Classical Persian باران (bārān).

Noun

baran

  1. (obsolete) rain

Synonyms