Bohdan

English

Etymology 1

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Ukrainian Богда́н (Bohdán)bor.

English Bohdan

Borrowed from Ukrainian Богда́н (Bohdán).

Proper noun

Bohdan

1. A village, the administrative center of Bohdan rural hromada, Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
   1. (historical) A silrada in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, disestablished in 2020.
   2. A rural hromada of Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, established in 2020.

Meronyms

constituent settlements of the silrada

• Bohdan (village, administrative centre)
• Luhy (village)

constituent settlements of the rural hromada

• Bohdan (village, administrative center)
• Breboia (village)
• Hoverla (village)
• Luhy (village)
• Roztoky (village)
• Vydrychka (village)

Translations

village in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

• Arabic: بوهدان m (Bohdan)
• Armenian: Բոգդան (Bogdan)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Бо́гдан (Bóhdan)
• Chechen: Богдан (Bogdan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博赫丹 (Bóhèdān)

• Czech: Bohdan (cs)
• Esperanto: Bohdan
• German: Bohdan
• Hungarian: Tiszabogdány
• Polish: Bohdan
• Romanian: Bogdan (ro)
• Russian: Бо́гдан (Bógdan)
• Ukrainian: Бо́гдан (Bóhdan)

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Bohdan

1. Alternative form of Bogdan.
2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name and surname Богдан (Bohdan)

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboɦdan]

Proper noun

Bohdan m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohdan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bohdan	Bohdanové
genitive	Bohdana	Bohdanů
dative	Bohdanovi, Bohdanu	Bohdanům
accusative	Bohdana	Bohdany
vocative	Bohdane	Bohdanové
locative	Bohdanovi, Bohdanu	Bohdanech
instrumental	Bohdanem	Bohdany

Related terms

• Bohdana

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈboɣdan/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈboɦdan/

Proper noun

Bohdan m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohdan (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Bohdan	Bohdany	Bohdani, Bohdanové
genitive	Bohdana	Bohdanú	Bohdanóv
dative	Bohdanu, Bohdanovi	Bohdanoma	Bohdanóm
accusative	Bohdana	Bohdany	Bohdany
vocative	Bohdane	Bohdany	Bohdani, Bohdanové
locative	Bohdanu, Bohdanovi	Bohdanú	Bohdaniech
instrumental	Bohdanem	Bohdanoma	Bohdany

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Bohdan”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ

Polish Bohdan

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɣ.dan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɣdan
• Syllabification: Boh‧dan

Proper noun

Bohdan m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohdan

	singular	plural
nominative	Bohdan	Bohdani/Bohdany (deprecative)
genitive	Bohdana	Bohdanów
dative	Bohdanowi	Bohdanom
accusative	Bohdana	Bohdanów
instrumental	Bohdanem	Bohdanami
locative	Bohdanie	Bohdanach
vocative	Bohdanie	Bohdani

Further reading

• “Bohdan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɦdan/

Proper noun

Bohdan m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohdan
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bohdan	Bohdanovia
genitive	Bohdana	Bohdanov
dative	Bohdanovi	Bohdanom
accusative	Bohdana	Bohdanov
locative	Bohdanovi	Bohdanoch
instrumental	Bohdanom	Bohdanmi

Derived terms

• Bohdanko
• Božo

Related terms

• Bohdana

Further reading

• “Bohdan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026