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derivation, possibly originally Tatar with a superimposition of a 

 later Slavonic folks-etymology, based on resemblance of sound (see 

 ^. z'. huj-tiir, jar-tur, below). 



Bojarin (Igor, passim) ; the common OS. word for "magnate" 

 ( Berneker, p. 72), usually employed for Slavonic boj, "fight," fol- 

 lowing the idea that the boyars were essentially warriors. It may 

 however be connected as a loan-word with the above mentioned 

 Turkish baj-, boj- " rich." since the probably cognate R. bariii, 

 " gentleman " does not seem to be from a Slavonic stem boj-, 

 " fight." The words bariii, bojarin, therefore, are possibly Tatar. 

 In OS. and Bulgarian, boljarin, the / is probably due to the influ- 

 ence of the Slavonic bolj-, "great." See the Tatar material cited 

 above. .?. v. Bojan. 



Biij-fitr (Igor, 80) varies with bitj (Berneker, p. 98) and is an 

 epithet of Prince Vsevolod. Here again is a word of possible double 

 etymology. The Slavonic elements appear to be buj, " bull," and 

 tur, also "bull," meaning "aurochs" in modern R. A similar 

 popular combination is buj-vol, " buffalo." from buj, " bull " and 

 vol, " ox." 



The buj-ionw is apparently cognate with Greek, ^vui "to sprout, 

 be born " ; cf . Rumanian buiac, " lustful." The word buj alone 

 appears in Igor, 465; Buj Rjurice "O hero (bull) Rurik " ; the 

 genitive is bii-j-cgo. This &My-element can have no connection with 

 C. boga, biiga, Turkish bugha, Cagatai buka, etc. 



All through the Tatar idioms we find variants of the word 

 bahadiir, " noble, mighty," now a common word in Hindustani dia- 

 lects borrowed through the Mogul (Mongol) ; cf. C. bahadur, 

 Mongol batur, Manchu baturu, Nogait matur, beautiful, Kazanj 

 mater, etc. 



Note CC. 145: bahadur soi dcgclim, " te potentem esse dica- 

 mus" ; CC. 116: bagaf^" probus." In spite of Magnus, Igor, p. 

 51,1 believe that buj-tur is a Slavonic popular etymology from Tatar 

 bahadur, or its cognate ; cf. s. v. jar-tur, below. 



Bus: busovi zrani "the crows of Bus" (Igor, 375), altered by 

 Magnus from bosuvi, but better = " steel gray crows," a variety 

 common in Russia to-day. Magnus, Igor, p. 50, associates it with 



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