noun
bogatyr
Bogatyr (noun) means a legendary warrior-hero from medieval Rus, similar to a knight in Western Europe.
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A legendary warrior-hero from medieval Rus, similar to a knight in Western Europe.
"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."
— Konstantin M Averin, Tatiana I Pavlova (2011)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian богаты́рь (bogatýrʹ), from Old East Slavic богатꙑрь (bogatyrĭ), from a Turkic language, probably Khazar, from Old Turkic [script needed] (baɣatur, “hero”), from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (“hero”). Its cognates include Turkish bahadır, Tatar баһадир (bahadir), Chuvash паттӑр (pattăr), Kyrgyz баатыр (baatır), Tuvan маатыр (maatır), Yakut баатыр (baatïr), Turkmen batyr and Middle Turkic baɣatur. It is a doublet of bahadur.
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"bogatyr" (noun) means a legendary warrior-hero from medieval Rus, similar to a knight in Western Europe.
