baran

See also: Baran

Kashubian

baran

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaran/
• 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 animal (diminutive barank)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of baran

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	baran	barana	barany
Genitive	barana	baranowu	baranow
Dative	baranoju	baranoma	baranam
Accusative	barana	baranowu	barany, baranow
Instrumental	baranom	baranoma	baranami
Locative	baranje	baranoma	baranach

Hypernyms

• wójca (“sheep”)

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

• باران (baran)
• баран (baran)
• պարան (paran)

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/

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Noun

baran f (Arabic spelling باران)

1. rain

Related terms

• 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 Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, 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): (10^th–15^th CE) /baraːn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th 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]

Related terms

adjectives

• barańczy

 

nouns

• barankowe

 

Descendants

• Masurian: barán
• 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, editor (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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish baran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ran/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈba.rɒn/

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• 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

Declension of baran

	singular	plural
nominative	baran	barany
genitive	barana	baranów
dative	baranowi	baranom
accusative	barana	barany
instrumental	baranem	baranami
locative	baranie	baranach
vocative	baranie	barany

Noun

baran m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) bonehead (idiot)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Declension of baran

	singular	plural
nominative	baran	baranowie/barany
genitive	barana	baranów
dative	baranowi	baranom
accusative	barana	baranów
instrumental	baranem	baranami
locative	baranie	baranach
vocative	baranie	baranowie/barany

Derived terms

adverbs

• na barana

 

nouns

• Baran
• baraniarz
• baranica
• baraniec
• baranina

 

phrases

• wróćmy do naszych baranów

 

verbs

• baranieć impf, zbaranieć pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• barankowaty
• barankowy

 

adverbs

• na barana

 

nouns

• baraneczek
• Baranek Boży
• baraninka

 

phrases

• na Nowy Rok przybywa dnia na barani skok

 

Further reading

• baran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baran in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “baran”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (05.04.2023) “BARAN”, 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) “baran”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “baran”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “baran”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 96
• baran in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bàran m (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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m anim (genitive singular barana, nominative plural barany, genitive plural baranov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of baran

	singular	plural
nominative	baran	barani
genitive	barana	baranov
dative	baranovi	baranom
accusative	barana	baranov
locative	baranovi	baranoch
instrumental	baranom	baranmi

Derived terms

• baraní
• baranina

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, 2024

Slovincian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaran/
• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: ba‧ran

Noun

baran m animal

1. Alternative form of barón

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãrăn”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 15

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

baran

1. (obsolete) rain

Synonyms

• yağmur