Буян

See also: буян

Russian

Alternative forms

• Буя́нъ (Buján) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Various etymologies are proposed for this name.

Per Vasmer, related to a word that meant "an elevated place open on all sides, a market square, a barn". According to Vladimir Dal, the name was possibly from Proto-Turkic *buydan, meaning "elevated space, market square", making it somewhat related to майда́н (majdán).

According to Potebna and Preobr., related to an obsolete term, буй (buj), which meant "a hill, an open place, a crowded place", making it derived from Proto-Slavic *bujati (“to grow rapidly, to rage”). Another theory suggests that the name was from Proto-Slavic *bujanъ or Proto-Slavic *bujьnъ (“stormy, violent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈjan]

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Proper noun

Буя́н • (Buján) m inan (genitive Буя́на)

1. (folklore) Buyan (in medieval Russian folklore, a mysterious island with the ability to appear and disappear with the tide; the home of the Zoryas (solar goddesses) and three brothers representing the Northern, Western, and Eastern Winds)

Declension

Declension of Буя́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Буя́н Buján
genitive	Буя́на Bujána
dative	Буя́ну Bujánu
accusative	Буя́н Buján
instrumental	Буя́ном Bujánom
prepositional	Буя́не Bujáne

Descendants

• → English: Buyan

References

• Vasmer's etymological dictionary