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)

1. (historical) boyar (title of nobility in early Slavic and West Türkic countries)
2. (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 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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 66