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ataman

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈætəmən/
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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian атама́н (atamán).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أٰتَامَان (ʔātāmān) — title
  • Armenian: ատաման (ataman) — title
  • Azerbaijani: آتامان (ātāmān) — title
  • Azerbaijani: اتامان (ātāmān) — title
  • Azerbaijani: ataman — title
  • Bashkir: атаман (ataman) — title
  • Belarusian: атама́н (atamán) — title
  • Bulgarian: атама́н (atamán) — title
  • Chuvash: утаман (ut̬aman) — title
  • Finnish: atamaani — title
  • French: ataman — title
  • German: Ataman — title
  • Greek: αταμάνος (atamános) — title
  • Ingrian: atamaani — title
  • Italian: atamano — title
  • Japanese: アタマン (ataman) — title
  • Kalmyk: одмн (odmn) — title
  • Kazakh: атаман (ataman) — title
  • Korean: 아타만 (ataman) — title
  • Kyrgyz: атаман (ataman) — title
  • Macedonian: атама́н (atamán) — title
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠲ᠋ᠠᠮᠠᠨ (ataman) — title
  • Mongolian: атаман (ataman) — title
  • Polish: ataman — title
  • Polish: atamanka — title
  • Portuguese: atamã — title
  • Russian: атама́н (atamán) — title
  • Spanish: atamán — title
  • Tatar: атаман (ataman) — title
  • Turkish: ataman — title
  • Turkmen: ataman — title
  • Ukrainian: ота́ман (otáman) — title
  • Yakut: атамаан (atamaan) — title
Real reading context

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