# ataman
## English
### Alternative forms

* attaman, otaman, vataman, wataman

### Etymology

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈætəmən/
* Hyphenation: at‧a‧man

### Noun

ataman (plural atamans)
* (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.

#### See also

* hetman

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈtaman/ [ʔaˈta.man̪]
* Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

### Noun

atáman (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜋᜈ᜔)
* ward, dependent
* pet (companion animal)
    Ataman na ikosPet cat
* adoptee
    Synonym: ampon
* manner of taking care of something or someone
    Synonym: mangno
* (dated) servant
    Synonyms: katabang, suruguon

#### Derived terms

* atamanon
* kag-ataman
* mag-ataman

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

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

### Verb

ataman (third-person singular present indicative atamet, past participle ga-atamet, auxiliary haban)
* (Sette Comuni) to breathe
    Alles ba léebet, atamet.Everything that lives breathes.

#### Conjugation
### References

* “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

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

ataman
* male turkey

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

From Russian атама́н (atamán).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ta.mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ataman m (plural atamans)
* (historical) ataman

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* wataman (Middle Polish)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wataman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈta.man/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /aˈta.man/, /aˈta.mɒn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aman
* Syllabification: a‧ta‧man

### Noun

ataman m pers (female equivalent atamanka)
* (historical, military) ataman

#### Derived terms

* atamański
* ataman koszowy
* atamaństwo
* atamanić impf
* atamanować impf

### Further reading

* 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

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ataman m (plural atamani)
* (historical) Cossack chieftain
* fisherman chief

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Russian, from Ottoman Turkish and German Hauptmann.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /atǎmaːn/
* Hyphenation: a‧ta‧man

### Noun

atàmān m (Cyrillic spelling ата̀ма̄н)
* ataman

#### Declension
### References

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