# taran
## English
### Etymology

From Russian тара́нь (taránʹ).

### Noun

taran (plural tarans)
* A species of roach (Rutilus heckelii), a fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to the Black Sea basin: rivers Don, Kuban, Dnieper, Dniester, rarely Danube.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ratan, Arant, Ranta, ANTaR, Trana, antra, ran at, Ratna

## Breton
### Etymology

From Old Breton taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

taran ? (plural taranoù)
* thunder

### Mutation
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish taran (“battering ram, naval ram”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtaran]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ran

### Noun

taran m inan
* (nautical) cutwater, ram

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “taran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “taran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *tarïxan, equivalent to tari (“to sow, to plant”) +‎ -an.
Compare Mongolian тариа (taria).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰɑˈrɑŋ/

### Noun

taran
* grain, cereal

## Polish
### Etymology

From tarać +‎ -an, from trzeć.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ran/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aran
* Syllabification: ta‧ran

### Noun

taran m inan
* (historical) battering ram
* (nautical) cutwater, ram

#### Derived terms

* staranować
* taranować

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: тара́н (tarán)
* → Czech: taran
* → Russian: тара́н (tarán)
* → Ukrainian: тара́н (tarán)

### References

* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “taran”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

### Further reading

* taran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian таран (taran).

### Noun

taran n (plural taranuri)
* common roach (Rutilus rutilus)

#### Declension
### References

* taran in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Verb

taran
* third-person plural present indicative of tarar

## Tetum
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

taran
* spike, thorn

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh taran, from Proto-Brythonic *taran, from Proto-Celtic *toranos (“thunder”).
Cognate with Cornish taran, Breton taran, Irish toirneach, Scottish Gaelic tàirneanach, Manx taarnagh.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈtaran/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈta(ː)ran/

### Noun

taran f (plural taranau)
* thunder, a thunderclap
    Synonyms: trwst, twrf

#### Usage notes

Welsh may employ the singular taran or plural taranau to correspond to English collective noun thunder depending on the context, e.g.
* Glywest ti’r daran ’na?Did you hear that thunder? (i.e. that (single) clap of thunder)
* Glywest ti’r taranau ’na?Did you hear that thunder? (i.e. those (several) claps of thunder)

#### Coordinate terms

* mellt (“lightning”)

#### Derived terms

* blodyn taranau (“red campion”)
* Lleng y Daran (“Legio Fulminata”)
* mellt a tharanau (“thunder and lightning”)
* taraniad (“thundering”)
* taranu (“to thunder”)

#### Related terms

* thoriwm

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “taran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies