hero character (literature) 24 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 45405)
type Polysemy
language Azerbaijani
lexeme qəhrəman
meaning 1 hero

müharibə qəhrəmanı


war hero

direction
meaning 2 (literature) protagonist, main character

əsərin qəhrəmanı


main character of the literary work

reference Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 45392)
type Polysemy
language Belarusan
lexeme герой
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference Slounik.org
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 45391)
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme герой
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference RNBE
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 45406)
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme helt
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference DDO
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 45409)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme hero
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist in a work of fiction

    However, even this great hero of the story is somewhat of a simpleton (when he lets himself be crucially deceived by Peacock Ravana in Vibhisana's shape), and a weakling (when in spite of all his strength he is almost beaten by his own son, one of the rākṣasas) (1987, Kamil Zvelebil, Two Tamil Folktales: The Story of King Matan̲akāma, The Story of Peacock Rāvaṇa http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v5aU82lCwccC&pg=PR42&dq=%22hero+of+the+story%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U_qXUL2JLemt0QW27YCYCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hero%20of%20the%20story%22&f=false )

reference OED
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 45396)
type Polysemy
language Esperanto
lexeme heroo
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 45410)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme qahramân (قهرمان)
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 45394)
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme gmiri (გმირი)
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 45397)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Held
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference Duden
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ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 45398)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme hős
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference Gal’di 1987
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ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 45408)
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme hīrō (ヒーロー)
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference English Wiktionary
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From English

ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 45399)
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme јунак
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference DRMJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 45400)
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme херој
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference DRMJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 45407)
type Polysemy
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme gibór (גיבור )
meaning 1 hero

    aní rotsé lihyót gibór. (אני רוצה להיות גיבור)


    I want to be a hero.

direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 45395)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme 1 baṭal-(بَطَل)
lexeme 2 baṭal- (بَطَل)
meaning 1 hero

baṭal-u l-ʔittiḥād-i s-sūfyātiyy-i


the hero of the Soviet Union

direction
meaning 2 character (literature)

baṭal-u l-qiṣṣ-at-i


the hero of a story

reference Baranov: I 76
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ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 45401)
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme helt
meaning 1 hero, person of great bravery
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference BO
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Bokmål and Nynorsk

ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 45402)
type Polysemy
language Polish
lexeme bohater
meaning 1 hero

bohater narodowy


a national hero

direction
meaning 2 character, protagonist

bohater powieści


the protagonist of a novel

reference WSJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 45403)
type Polysemy
language Portuguese
lexeme herói
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference DPLP
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ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 45390)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme герой
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference BAS
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ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 45404)
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme hjälte
meaning 1 hero, person of great bravery
direction
meaning 2 main male protagonist in a work of fiction
reference SAO
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ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 45411)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kahraman
meaning 1 hero

ulusal kahraman


a national hero

direction
meaning 2 protagonist

hikâye kahramanı


the protagonist of a story

reference English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 45393)
type Polysemy
language Ukrainian
lexeme герой
meaning 1 hero

— Він залишив палубу есмінця останнім… Літака збив… Він герой (Василь Кучер)

direction
meaning 2 character (literature)

Героєм одного Вашого [О. С. Маковея] оповідання був доктор Долинський, дуже подібний до самого себе і до Вас трохи (Василь Стефаник)

reference SUM-11: 2, 56
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ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 45413)
type Polysemy
language Urdu
lexeme qahrmān (قَہْرْمان)
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 protagonist
reference <personally collected data>
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Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025. https://rekhtadictionary.com/search?keyword=%D9%82%DB%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86 

ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 45412)
type Polysemy
language Yiddish
lexeme held (העלד)
meaning 1 hero
direction
meaning 2 character (literature)
reference <personally collected data>
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