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bogatyr

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُوغَاتِير (būḡātīr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Armenian: բոգատիր (bogatir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Azerbaijani: bahadır — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Bashkir: батыр (batır) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Bashkir: баһадир (bahadir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Belarusian: багаты́р (bahatýr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Belarusian: ві́цязь (vícjazʹ) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Belarusian: асі́лак (asílak) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Bulgarian: богати́р (bogatír) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 博加特耶爾 /博加特耶尔 (bójiātèyé'ěr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維塔茲 /维塔兹 (wéitǎzī) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Chuvash: паттӑр (pattăr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Chuvash: пӑхаттир (păh̬attir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • West Circassian: батыр (batər) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Crimean Tatar: batır — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Czech: bohatýr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Finnish: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • French: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Georgian: ბოგატირი (bogaṭiri) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • German: Bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Hungarian: bogatir — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Ingrian: bohatteri — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Italian: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Japanese: ボガティール (bogatīru) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Kalmyk: баатр (baatr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Kazakh: батыр (batyr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Kazakh: баһадүр (bahadür) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Korean: 보가티르 (bogatireu) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Kyrgyz: баатыр (baatır) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Macedonian: богатир (bogatir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Mongolian: баатар (baatar) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠤᠷ (baɣatur) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Nogai: баьтир (bätir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Old East Slavic: богатꙑрь (bogatyrĭ) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Polish: bohater — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Portuguese: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Portuguese: bogatir — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Romanian: bogatâr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Russian: богаты́рь (bogatýrʹ) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Russian: ви́тязь (vítjazʹ) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Shor: матыр (matır) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Spanish: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Swedish: bogatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Tatar: баһадир (bahadir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Tatar: батыр (batır) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Turkish: bahadır — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Turkmen: batyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Turkmen: baatyr — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Ukrainian: богати́р (bohatýr) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Ukrainian: ви́тязь (výtjazʹ) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Uyghur: باھادىر (bahadir) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Uyghur: باتۇر (batur) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Uzbek: bahodir — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Uzbek: botir — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur
  • Yakut: боотур (bootur) — medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur