тиран

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Borrowed from German Tyrann, from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

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  • IPA(key): [tʲɪˈran]
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тира́н (tiránm anim (genitive тира́на, nominative plural тира́ны, genitive plural тира́нов)

  1. tyrant (also figurative)
    1983, Samuil Marshak, Баллада о королевском бутерброде [Ballad of the King's Bread], translation of The King’s Breakfast by A. A. Milne:
    Никто́ не ска́жет, бу́дто я / Тира́н и сумасбро́д, / За то́, что к ча́ю я люблю́ / Хоро́ший бутербро́д.
    — Niktó ne skážet, búdto ja / Tirán i sumasbród, / Za tó, što k čáju ja ljubljú / Xoróšij butɛrbród/buterbród.
    “No one would say that I / Am a tyrant and madman, / For the fact that with my tea I like / A good bread-and-butter sandwich.”
  2. bully

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