боярин

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic бояринъ (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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈjærʲɪn]

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Noun

боя́рин • (bojárin) m anim (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ре, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́рыня)

1. (historical) boyar

Declension

Declension of боя́рин (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	боя́рин bojárin	боя́ре bojáre
genitive	боя́рина bojárina	боя́р bojár
dative	боя́рину bojárinu	боя́рам bojáram
accusative	боя́рина bojárina	боя́р bojár
instrumental	боя́рином bojárinom	боя́рами bojárami
prepositional	боя́рине bojárine	боя́рах bojárax

Synonyms

• ба́рин (bárin) (a more modern term)

Related terms

• боярка (bojarka) (a type of hat)
• боя́рский (bojárskij)
• боярство (bojarstvo)

References

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