маадыр

Tuvan

Etymology

The etymon is likely Old Turkic 𐰉𐱃𐰆𐰺 (b¹t¹ur¹ /⁠batur⁠/), cognates include Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (baɣatur), (contemporary Mongolian баатар (baatar)). The ultimate source is uncertain, as cognates are found in Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Iranic ( Persian بهادر ) sources and, possibly, Avestan sources.

Cognates

Turkic cognates Chuvash паттӑр (pattăr) (probably from Kipchak); Uzbek bahodir, Tatar батыр (batır), Turkish bahadır, Kyrgyz баатыр (baatır), Kazakh батыр (batyr), Bashkir матур (matur), Tatar матур (matur, “beautiful”).

Iranic cognates: Persian بهادر, Ossetian бӕгъатыр (bæǧatyr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maaˈdɯr]

Noun

маадыр • (maadır)

  1. hero, champion
    маадыр чорук ― maadır çoruk ― heroism (literally, “the heroic way”)

Derived terms

  • маадырлыг (maadırlıg, “heroic”)

References

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