ataman
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.
Translations
title
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See also
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Noun
atáman (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜋᜈ᜔)
- ward, dependent
- pet (companion animal)
- Ataman na ikos
- Pet cat
- adoptee
- Synonym: ampon
- manner of taking care of something or someone
- Synonym: mangno
- (dated) servant
- Synonyms: katabang, suruguon
Derived terms
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
infinitive | ataman | ||||
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present participle | atamanten | ||||
past participle | ga-atamet | ||||
auxiliary | haban | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
present | ich atame | bar ataman | i | ich atame | bar ataman |
du atamest | iart atamet | du atamest | iart atamet | ||
ear atamet | ze atament | ear atame | ze ataman | ||
preterite (composed) |
ich han ga-atamet | bar haban ga-atamet | ii | ich atamate | bar atamatan |
du hast ga-atamet | iart habet ga-atamet | du atamatest | iart atamatet | ||
ear hat ga-atamet | ze habent ga-atamet | ear atamate | ze atamatan | ||
imperative | — | atamabar | |||
atam (du) | atamet (iart) | ||||
atame (ear) | ataman (ze) |
Conjugation of ataman
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
nominative | ataman |
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genitive | atamannıñ |
dative | atamanğa |
accusative | atamannı |
locative | atamanda |
ablative | atamandan |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ataman m (plural atamans)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wataman.
Pronunciation
Noun
ataman m pers (female equivalent atamanka)
Declension
Declension of ataman
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
- ataman koszowy
- atamaństwo
verbs
- 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)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Russian, from Ottoman Turkish and German Hauptmann.
Pronunciation
Noun
atàmān m (Cyrillic spelling ата̀ма̄н)
Declension
Declension of ataman
References
- “ataman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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