бая́н

rare #12283

nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
accordion, bayan, button accordionmusic
Он хорошо́ игра́ет на бая́не.
He plays the accordion well.
A Russian type of chromatic accordion with buttons instead of a piano keyboard.
2.
(rare) bard, minstrel, poet-singerliterature
Бая́н пел о сла́ве древних князе́й.
The bard sang of the glory of the ancient princes.
Archaic and poetic; from Boyan, the singer named in the Lay of Igor's Campaign.

Examples

Он целый час наяривал на баяне.
He played the button accordion nonstop for an entire hour.
Дед играл на баяне народные песни.
Grandpa played folk songs on the accordion.
Игрывавший в молодости на баяне отец до сих пор помнит мелодии.
My father, who played the bayan in his youth, still remembers the melodies.
Мы слушали старика, наигрывавшего на баяне знакомую песню.
We listened to the old man playing a familiar song on the button accordion.
Он купил новый баян для концерта.
He bought a new accordion for the concert.
Сосед, наяривавший на баяне, собрал вокруг себя толпу.
The neighbor, playing the button accordion with gusto, gathered a crowd around him.
На празднике звучал баян и гитара.
An accordion and a guitar were playing at the celebration.