bogatyr
/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: богаты́рь, богатꙑрь, -, *bagatur