батяр

Etymology
First recorded in the 20th century. Borrowed from, from or , from , from. Compare Polish, especially Lwów dialect, batiar/baciar/baciarz.

Noun

 * 1)  tramp, vagabond, ruffian

Usage notes
Often. Batjar culture and batjar songs were a popular phenomenon amongst Ukrainians and Poles in the city of Lviv during 1900–1939. Popularity continued in the Ukrainian and Polish émigré communities after the Second World War. Soviet occupiers suppressed batjar culture and songs, as did Polish Communists, in the post-World War II period. Since the liberation of Poland from Communism in 1989 and the establishment of an independent Ukrainian in 1991, batjar culture and songs have undergone a degree of revival in both countries.