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bogatyr

/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/

bogatyr noun: a medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.

bogatyr: a medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant
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Noun

bogatyr (plural bogatyrs or bogatyri)

  1. (historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
    • There was no answer from the bogatyr.
      Ilya shouted even louder than before,
      Louder than before, in a shrill voice—
      There was no answer from the bogatyr.1998, James Bailey, Tatyana Ivanova (translators and editors), An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics, page 17
    • Later on, he^([Tolstoy]) was equated with Ilya Muromets, the most famous Russian bogatyr - a semi-mythical medieval warrior who lay at home on the brick stove until he was thirty-three - then went on to perform great feats defending the realm. Ilya Muromets is Russia's traditional symbol of...2011, Rosamund Bartlett, Tolstoy: A Russian Life, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 2

bogatyr meaning in Arabic

bogatyr in Arabic

medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
بُوغَاتِير būḡātīr

Forms of bogatyr

pluralbogatyrs
pluralbogatyri

Origin of bogatyr

Borrowed from Russian богаты́рь (bogatýrʹ), Old East Slavic богатꙑрь (bogatyrĭ), from a Turkic language, probably Khazar, from Old Turkic [script needed] (baɣatur, “hero”), from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (“hero”). Cognates include Turkish bahadır, Tatar баһадир (bahadir), Chuvash паттӑр (pattăr), Kyrgyz баатыр (baatır), Tuvan маатыр (maatır), Yakut баатыр (baatïr), Turkmen batyr, Middle Turkic baɣatur. Doublet of bahadur.

Questions about bogatyr

What does bogatyr mean?
Bogatyr means a medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
What is bogatyr in Arabic?
Bogatyr in Arabic is بُوغَاتِير (būḡātīr). See Bogatyr meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is bogatyr?
Bogatyr is a noun.
How do you pronounce bogatyr?
Bogatyr is pronounced /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/.
What is the plural of bogatyr?
The plural of bogatyr is bogatyrs.

Words near bogatyr in the dictionary

  1. bogarts
  2. bogas
  3. Bogata
  4. bogatsa
  5. Bogatynia
  6. bogatyr
  7. bogatyri
  8. bogatyrs
  9. Bogați
  10. bogbean
  11. bogbeans

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