капитан

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Bulgarian

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

капита́н (kapitánm

  1. captain, commander
  2. (military) captain

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كاپيتان
Cyrillic капитан
Latin kapitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian капита́н (kapitán), from French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus.

Noun

капитан (kapitan)

  1. captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
  2. (military) captain

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kapitan.

Pronunciation

Noun

капита́н (kapitánm anim (genitive капита́на, nominative plural капита́ны, genitive plural капита́нов, relational adjective капита́нский)

  1. captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
  2. (military) captain

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Descendants

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian капитан (kapitan). Related with English captain.

Noun

капитан (kapitan)

  1. captain
    борокуот капитанаborokuot kapitanacaptain of a steamer
  2. (military) captain
    капитан званиетаkapitan zvaniyetathe rank of captain