tarpan

English

An alleged tarpan, possibly a hybrid or feral, 1884

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹpən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːpən/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pən

Noun

tarpan (plural tarpans)

1. An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 256:

     It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses.

Translations

Equus ferus ferus

• French: tarpan (fr) m
• Hungarian: tarpán
• Italian: tarpan (it) m
• Polish: tarpan (pl) m
• Russian: тарпа́н (ru) m (tarpán)

Anagrams

• partan, trapan

French

Etymology

From Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʁ.pɑ̃/

Noun

tarpan m (plural tarpans)

1. tarpan

Further reading

• “tarpan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtarpan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arpan
• Syllabification: tar‧pan

Noun

tarpan m animal

1. tarpan

Declension

Declension of tarpan

	singular	plural
nominative	tarpan	tarpany
genitive	tarpana	tarpanów
dative	tarpanowi	tarpanom
accusative	tarpana	tarpany
instrumental	tarpanem	tarpanami
locative	tarpanie	tarpanach
vocative	tarpanie	tarpany

Further reading

• tarpan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tarpan.

Noun

tarpan m (plural tarpani)

1. tarpan

Declension

Declension of tarpan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tarpan	tarpanul	(niște) tarpani	tarpanii
genitive/dative	(unui) tarpan	tarpanului	(unor) tarpani	tarpanilor
vocative	tarpanule		tarpanilor