bogatyr
/ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/noun
bogatyr is spelled B-O-G-A-T-Y-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bogatyr means “A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bogatyr is bogatyrs or bogatyri.
How many letters and syllables are in bogatyr?
| Letters | 7: B-O-G-A-T-Y-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bogatyr?
Bogatyr appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bogatyr?
- /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bogatyr.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bogatyr
- bogatyrs plural
- bogatyri plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bogatyr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bogatyr in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense medieval Russian heroic warrior – see also bahadur:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bogatyr come from?
Borrowed from Russian богаты́рь (bogatýrʹ), Old East Slavic богатꙑрь (bogatyrĭ), from a Turkic language, probably Khazar, from Old Turkic [script needed] (baɣatur, “hero”), from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (“hero”). Cognates include Turkish bahadır, Tatar баһадир (bahadir), Chuvash паттӑр (pattăr), Kyrgyz баатыр (baatır), Tuvan маатыр (maatır), Yakut баатыр (baatïr), Turkmen batyr, Middle Turkic baɣatur. Doublet of bahadur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).