боярин

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ), from Bulgar, attested in Greek variously as βωυλε, βοιλας, βοηλας, βουληα, βοιλᾶς, βολιᾶς. The form with -j- might have come from contamination with Old East Slavic бои (boi).

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Noun

боя́рин (bojárinm anim (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ре, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́рыня, relational adjective боя́рский)

  1. (historical) boyar
    Synonym: (a more modern term) ба́рин (bárin)

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: bajari

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боярин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).

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Noun

боя́рин (bojárynm pers (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ри, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́риня, relational adjective боя́рський)

  1. (historical) boyar

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