bogatyr

noun /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/

1. A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.

   historical

   Ilya shouted even louder than before, Louder than before, in a shrill voice— There was no answer from the bogatyr.

   There was no answer from the bogatyr.

Where it comes 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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bogatyr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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