болярин
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [boˈlʲa̟rin]
Noun
боля́рин • (boljárin) m (feminine боля́рка, related 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
Declension of боля́рин
| 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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- болярин in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “болярин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 66