bogatyr
Meanings
noun
- A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
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Etymology
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.
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