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boyar

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɔɪɑː/
  • UK: /ˈbəʊjɑː/
  • UK: /bəʊˈjɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː
  • CMU ARPABET: B OW0 Y AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barin

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin).

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: бояр (boyar) — rank of aristocracy
  • Armenian: բոյար (boyar) — rank of aristocracy
  • Azerbaijani: boyar — rank of aristocracy
  • Belarusian: бая́рын (bajáryn) — rank of aristocracy
  • Belarusian: ба́рын (báryn) — rank of aristocracy
  • Bulgarian: боля́р (boljár) — rank of aristocracy
  • Bulgarian: боля́рин (boljárin) — rank of aristocracy
  • Bulgarian: боля́рец (boljárec) — rank of aristocracy
  • Catalan: boiar — rank of aristocracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波雅爾 /波雅尔 (bōyǎ'ěr) — rank of aristocracy
  • Czech: bojar — rank of aristocracy
  • Czech: bárin — rank of aristocracy
  • Dutch: bojaar — rank of aristocracy
  • Estonian: bojaar — rank of aristocracy
  • Finnish: pajari — rank of aristocracy
  • French: boyard — rank of aristocracy
  • French: boïard — rank of aristocracy
  • French: barine — rank of aristocracy
  • French: barynia — rank of aristocracy
  • Georgian: ბოიარინი (boiarini) — rank of aristocracy
  • German: Bojare — rank of aristocracy
  • Greek: βογιάρος (vogiáros) — rank of aristocracy
  • Hungarian: bojár — rank of aristocracy
  • Ingrian: bajari — rank of aristocracy
  • Italian: boiardo — rank of aristocracy
  • Japanese: ボヤール (boyāru) — rank of aristocracy
  • Korean: 보야르 (boyareu) — rank of aristocracy
  • Macedonian: бо́лјар (bóljar) — rank of aristocracy
  • Church Slavic: болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ) — rank of aristocracy
  • Old East Slavic: бояринъ (bojarinŭ) — rank of aristocracy
  • Polish: bojar — rank of aristocracy
  • Polish: bojarzyn — rank of aristocracy
  • Portuguese: boiardo — rank of aristocracy
  • Romanian: boier — rank of aristocracy
  • Russian: боя́рин (bojárin) — rank of aristocracy
  • Russian: боя́рыня (bojárynja) — rank of aristocracy
  • Russian: ба́рин (bárin) — rank of aristocracy
  • Russian: ба́рыня (bárynja) — rank of aristocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: бољарин — rank of aristocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: бољар — rank of aristocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: boljarin — rank of aristocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: boljar — rank of aristocracy
  • Slovak: bojar — rank of aristocracy
  • Spanish: boyardo — rank of aristocracy
  • Swedish: bojar — rank of aristocracy
  • Turkish: boyar — rank of aristocracy
  • Ottoman Turkish: بویار (boyar) — rank of aristocracy
  • Ukrainian: боя́рин (bojáryn) — rank of aristocracy
  • Ukrainian: буй (buj) — rank of aristocracy
  • Uzbek: boyar — rank of aristocracy
  • Yiddish: באָיאַרין (boyarin) — rank of aristocracy