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bogatyr en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/

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.

Meanings

1. (historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
   • Some variants of the tale say that all the bogatyrs perished in the battle except Ilya of Murom, who, however, died after coming back as a winner. 2011, Konstantin M Averin, Tatiana I Pavlova, To Be Or Not to Be Russian?, page 31:
   • 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 physical and spiritual strength. 2011, Rosamund Bartlett, Tolstoy: A Russian Life, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 2:
   • 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:

Forms

Relateds

bahadur · Kievan Rus · Ulaanbaatar

Translations (55)

mn ᠪᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠤᠷ (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · uk богати́р (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ru ви́тязь (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · nog баьтир (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · tk batyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · tr bahadır (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ko 보가티르 (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ka ბოგატირი (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · tt баһадир (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · uk ви́тязь (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · kk батыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · de Bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ru богаты́рь (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · it bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · tt батыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ba батыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ro bogatâr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cs bohatýr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · hu bogatir (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · be асі́лак (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cjs матыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · fi bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cv паттӑр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ky баатыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · es bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · uz botir (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · xal баатр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cv пӑхаттир (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · bg богати́р (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · sv bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · sah боотур (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · az bahadır (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ar بُوغَاتِير (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · pt bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · orv богатꙑрь (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · kk баһадүр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ug باتۇر (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · tk baatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cmn 博加特耶爾 /博加特耶尔 (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · fr bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ady батыр (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · hy բոգատիր (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · pt bogatir (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · uz bahodir (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · izh bohatteri (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · be ві́цязь (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · crh batır (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · pl bohater (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ja ボガティール (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ba баһадир (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · cmn 維塔茲 /维塔兹 (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · ug باھادىر (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · mn баатар (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · mk богатир (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur) · be багаты́р (medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur)