болярин
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [boˈlʲa̟rin]
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Noun
боля́рин • (boljárin) m (feminine боля́рка, relational adjective боля́рски)
- (historical) boyar (title of nobility in early Slavic and West Türkic countries)
- (colloquial, figurative) person from Veliko Tărnovo (the Medieval capital of Bulgaria)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | боля́рин boljárin |
боля́ри boljári |
| definite (subject form) |
боля́ринът boljárinǎt |
боля́рите boljárite |
| definite (object form) |
боля́рина boljárina | |
| count form | — | боля́рина boljárina |
Alternative forms
- боля́р (boljár)
- боя́р (bojár) — via Russian, reinterpreted as native Slavic бой (boj, “fight, battle”) + -ар (-ar)
References
- “болярин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “болярин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “болярин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 66