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Bulgarian

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

капита́н (kapitánm

  1. captain, commander
  2. (military) captain

Declension

Declension of капита́н
singular plural
indefinite капита́н
kapitán
капита́ни
kapitáni
definite
(subject form)
капита́нът
kapitánǎt
капита́ните
kapitánite
definite
(object form)
капита́на
kapitána
vocative form капита́не
kapitáne
капита́ни
kapitáni

Anagrams

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

Declension

Declension of капитан
singular plural
nominative капитан (kapitan) капитандар (kapitandar)
genitive капитанның (kapitannyñ) капитандардың (kapitandardyñ)
dative капитанға (kapitanğa) капитандарға (kapitandarğa)
accusative капитанды (kapitandy) капитандарды (kapitandardy)
locative капитанда (kapitanda) капитандарда (kapitandarda)
ablative капитаннан (kapitannan) капитандардан (kapitandardan)
instrumental капитанмен (kapitanmen) капитандармен (kapitandarmen)

Derived terms

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

Declension

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