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	боля́рите boljárite
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

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