baran

See also: Baran

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m ? (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

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Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

baran

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

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ran/

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Noun

1. ram (male sheep)

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

Synonyms

• (male sheep): tryk

Derived terms

• (verb) zbaranieć
• (nouns) baranica, baranina
• (adjective) barani

Noun

baran m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot

Declension

Declension of baran

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

Synonyms

• (idiot): See Thesaurus:głupiec

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bàran m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ран)

1. (regional) ram

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

Synonyms

• óvan

References

• “baran” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaran/

Noun

baran m (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	barany
genitive	barana	baranov
dative	baranovi	baranom
accusative	barana	barany
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

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian باران (bârân).

Noun

baran

1. (obsolete) rain

Synonyms

• yağmur