боярин

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ), from Bulgar, attested in Greek variously as βωυλε, βοιλας, βοηλας, βουληα, βοιλᾶς, βολιᾶς. The form with -j- might have come from contamination with Old East Slavic бои (boi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐˈjærʲɪn]
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Noun

боя́рин • (bojárin) m anim (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ре, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́рыня, relational adjective боя́рский)

  1. (historical) boyar
    Synonym: (a more modern term) ба́рин (bárin)

Declension

  • боя́рка (bojárka) (a type of hat)
  • боярский (bojarskij)
  • боя́рство (bojárstvo)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боярин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔˈjaren]

Noun

боя́рин • (bojáryn) m pers (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ри, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́риня, relational adjective боя́рський)

  1. (historical) boyar

Declension

  • боя́рство (bojárstvo)

Further reading

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