baran

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ran/
• 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
• “baran”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m anim (diminutive barank)

1. ram (male sheep)

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

Noun

baran

1. target practice

Adjective

baran

1. Alternative form of bareyne

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

baran f (Arabic spelling باران)

1. rain

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 Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 61a
• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “baran”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

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]‎, 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]

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, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (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

Alternative forms

• barón (Southern Greater Poland)
• baron (Przemyśl)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish baran.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

Noun

baran m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) bonehead (idiot)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bàran m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ран)

1. (regional) ram

   Synonym: óvan

References

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaran]

Noun

baran m animal (relational adjective baraní, diminutive baránok or baranček, augmentative baranisko)

1. ram (male sheep)

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, 2003–2025

Pronunciation

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

Noun

baran m animal

1. Alternative form of barón

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay badan, from Arabic بَدَن (badan). Compare Maranao badan and Sangir badang.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /baɾan/ [baˈɾan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ba‧ran

Noun

baran (Sulat Sūg spelling بَرَنْ)

1. body (of a person; animal or the main part of something, such as the hull of a ship, stove, etc., the frame of a vehicle, the body of a letter, etc.)

   Synonyms: jasad, anggawta'

   Malagguꞌ in baran sin babai yaun.

   That woman’s body is big.

Further reading

• Webonary

Etymology

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

Noun

baran

1. (obsolete) rain