тъпан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫpanъ. A wanderwort, ultimately from Ancient Greek τῠ́μπᾰνον (túmpanon, “drum”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtɤpɐn]

Noun

тъ́пан • (tǎ́pan) m

  1. a type of percussion instrument (similar to drums)

Declension
Declension of тъ́пан
singular plural
indefinite тъ́пан
tǎ́pan		 тъ́пани
tǎ́pani
definite
(subject form)		 тъ́панът
tǎ́panǎt		 тъ́паните
tǎ́panite
definite
(object form)		 тъ́пана
tǎ́pana
count form — тъ́пана
tǎ́pana

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • тъ́паня (tǎ́panja, “to drum”)
    • тъпана́р (tǎpanár), тъ́панджия (tǎ́pandžija) (agent nouns)
  • ту́пам (túpam), туптя́ (tuptjá, “to beat, to pulsate”) (cognate with the Greek word)
  • тъп (tǎp, “stupid”) (cognate with the Greek word)

References
  • “тъпан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “тъпан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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