bujar

== Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈjaɾ/ Homophone: Bujar === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ, “boyar”), Serbo-Croatian boljar (“boyar”) and Bulgarian боляр (boljar, “boyar”). Ultimately from Bulgar. The adjective, a derivate of buj, was likely influenced by the Slavic word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈjaɾ/ Homophone: Bujar === Noun === bujar m (plural bujarë, definite bujari, definite plural bujarët) boyar, nobleman Synonym: fisnik ==== Declension ==== === Etymology 2 === From buj (“to lodge, to host”) +‎ -ar. === Adjective === bujar (feminine bujare) generous, honorable, ungrudging ==== Derived terms ==== bujari, bujarësi, bujarisht, bujaroj === References === === Further reading === “bujar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006