bojar

Borrowed from Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.jar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔjar
• Syllabification: bo‧jar
• Homophone: Bojar

bojar m pers (related adjective bojarski)

1. (historical) boyar (member of a rank of aristocracy in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, and Romania)

• bojar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bojar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From bojo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: bo‧jar

bojar (first-person singular present bojo, first-person singular preterite bojei, past participle bojado)

1. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

From Catalan vogir (“to spin”), from Vulgar Latin *volgere, from Latin volvere (“to turn”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈxaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧jar

bojar (first-person singular present bojo, first-person singular preterite bojé, past participle bojado)

1. (transitive) to measure the perimeter of an island

   Synonym: bojear

2. (transitive) to circumnavigate an island

   Synonym: circunnavegar

3. (intransitive) to have a perimeter

• “bojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

bojar

1. indefinite plural of boj