Russian

edit
 
Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Middle Russian богатꙑрь (bogatyrʹ), багатꙑрь (bagatyrʹ), from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bagatur. First attested in Russian in 1425.[1] Compare Ukrainian богати́р (bohatýr), Mongolian баатар (baatar), Bashkir батыр (batır), Turkish batur, Persian بهادر, etc. More at bogatyr.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [bəɡɐˈtɨrʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨrʲ

Noun

edit
 
«Богатыри» - Добрыня Никитич, Илья Муромец и Алёша Попович

богаты́рь (bogatýrʹm anim (genitive богатыря́, nominative plural богатыри́, genitive plural богатыре́й, relational adjective богаты́рский)

  1. (historical) bogatyr, a medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus
    Synonym: ви́тязь m (vítjazʹ)
  2. strongly built man, hero

Declension

edit
edit

Descendants

edit
  • English: bogatyr
  • Ingrian: bohatteri
  • Yakut: бухатыыр (buqatıır)

References

edit
  1. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 85