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болярин

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [boˈlʲa̟rin]
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Noun

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боля́рин (boljárinm (feminine боля́рка, relational adjective боля́рски)

  1. (historical) boyar (title of nobility in early Slavic and West Türkic countries)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) person from Veliko Tărnovo (the Medieval capital of Bulgaria)

Declension

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Declension of боля́рин
singular plural
indefinite боля́рин
boljárin
боля́ри
boljári
definite
(subject form)
боля́ринът
boljárinǎt
боля́рите
boljárite
definite
(object form)
боля́рина
boljárina
count form боля́рина
boljárina

Alternative forms

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References

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  • болярин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • болярин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “болярин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 66