bogatyr

Three famous Russian bogatyrs - Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets and Alyosha Popovich

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

Borrowed from Russian богаты́рь, Old East Slavic богатꙑрь, from a Turkic language, probably Khazar, from Old Turkic baɣatur ("hero"), from Proto-Turkic *bAgatur ("hero"). Cognates include Turkish bahadır, Tatar баһадир, Chuvash паттӑр, Kyrgyz баатыр, Tuvan маатыр, Yakut баатыр, Turkmen batyr, Middle Turkic baɣatur.

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