tabor

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See also: tábor, Tábor, and Tabor

English

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old French tabour, ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Noun

tabor (plural tabors)

  1. A small drum.
    1. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
    • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield:
      Being apprized of our approach, the whole neighbourhood came out to meet their minister, drest in their finest cloaths, and preceded by a pipe and tabor […]
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tabor (third-person singular simple present tabors, present participle taboring, simple past and past participle tabored)

  1. (transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor.
  2. To strike lightly and frequently.

Etymology 2

From various Slavic languages, from a Turkic language. Compare Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur).

Noun

tabor (plural tabors)

  1. A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 269:
      A Polish-Lithuanian tabor besieged by twenty or thirty thousand Tartars must have closely resembled the overland wagon trains of American pioneers attacked by the Sioux or the Cherokee.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish طابور.

Noun

tabor (definite accusative taboru, plural taborlar)

  1. (military) battalion
    Synonym: batalyon

Declension

    Declension of tabor
singular plural
nominative tabor
 taborlar
definite accusative taboru
 taborları
dative tabora
 taborlara
locative taborda
 taborlarda
ablative tabordan
 taborlardan
definite genitive taborun
 taborların
    Possessive forms of tabor
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taborum taborlarım
sənin (“your”) taborun taborların
onun (“his/her/its”) taboru taborları
bizim (“our”) taborumuz taborlarımız
sizin (“your”) taborunuz taborlarınız
onların (“their”) taboru or taborları taborları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taborumu taborlarımı
sənin (“your”) taborunu taborlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) taborunu taborlarını
bizim (“our”) taborumuzu taborlarımızı
sizin (“your”) taborunuzu taborlarınızı
onların (“their”) taborunu or taborlarını taborlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taboruma taborlarıma
sənin (“your”) taboruna taborlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) taboruna taborlarına
bizim (“our”) taborumuza taborlarımıza
sizin (“your”) taborunuza taborlarınıza
onların (“their”) taboruna or taborlarına taborlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taborumda taborlarımda
sənin (“your”) taborunda taborlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) taborunda taborlarında
bizim (“our”) taborumuzda taborlarımızda
sizin (“your”) taborunuzda taborlarınızda
onların (“their”) taborunda or taborlarında taborlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taborumdan taborlarımdan
sənin (“your”) taborundan taborlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) taborundan taborlarından
bizim (“our”) taborumuzdan taborlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) taborunuzdan taborlarınızdan
onların (“their”) taborundan or taborlarından taborlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) taborumun taborlarımın
sənin (“your”) taborunun taborlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) taborunun taborlarının
bizim (“our”) taborumuzun taborlarımızın
sizin (“your”) taborunuzun taborlarınızın
onların (“their”) taborunun or taborlarının taborlarının

Further reading

  • “tabor” in Obastan.com.

Old French

Etymology

From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian طبل (“drum”), related to Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), English tabla and tambour.

Noun

tabor oblique singular, m (oblique plural tabors, nominative singular tabors, nominative plural tabor)

  1. tambour (drum)

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Czech tábor.

Pronunciation

Noun

tabor m inan (diminutive taborek, related adjective taborowy)

  1. (uncountable) vehicle fleet
  2. (uncountable) rolling stock
  3. (countable, historical) nomadic group of Gypsies
    Synonym: szatra
  4. (countable, historical, military) wagon fort

Declension

Declension of tabor
singular plural
nominative tabor tabory
genitive taboru taborów
dative taborowi taborom
accusative tabor tabory
instrumental taborem taborami
locative taborze taborach
vocative taborze tabory

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • tabor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tabor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • tabor in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Hungarian tábor, from Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur).

Pronunciation

Noun

tȃbor m (Cyrillic spelling та̑бор)

  1. camp

Declension

Declension of tabor
singular plural
nominative tabor tabori
genitive tabora tabora
dative taboru taborima
accusative tabor tabore
vocative tabore tabori
locative taboru taborima
instrumental taborom taborima

Further reading

  • “tabor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈboɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧bor

Noun

tabor m (plural tabores)

  1. (military) a small battalion

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia