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bogatyr

/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/

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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.

noun bogatyrs · bogatyri

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

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noun medieval Russian heroic warrior — see also bahadur

Español	bogatyr
한국어	보가티르 bogatireu
日本語	ボガティール bogatīru
中文	博加特耶爾 /博加特耶尔 bójiātèyé'ěr, 維塔茲 /维塔兹 wéitǎzī
Português	bogatyr, bogatir
Français	bogatyr
Deutsch	Bogatyr
Italiano	bogatyr
Română	bogatâr
Русский	богаты́рь bogatýrʹ, ви́тязь vítjazʹ
العربية	بُوغَاتِير būḡātīr

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@misc{bogatyr_2026,
  title = {bogatyr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bogatyr},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}