Bosnian

See also: bosnian

English

Etymology

From Bosnia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒzni.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːzni.ən/, /ˈbɔːzni.ən/

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Adjective

Bosnian (comparative more Bosnian, superlative most Bosnian)

1. Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
   • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power‎^[1], volume 3, number 2, page 25:

     In his provocative essay, David Gibbs makes the following statement about diplomacy and the war in Bosnia. “There is also abundant evidence that diplomacy might have prevented the Bosnian war and thus prevented the Srebrenica massacre, but this option was blocked by prointerventionist forces in the United States, which demanded a military option instead.”

2. (historical) Of or pertaining to Bosnia
3. (nonstandard) Pertaining to Bosniaks

Derived terms

• Bosnianness
• Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii)

Translations

of or pertaining to Bosnia

• Albanian: boshnjak
• Arabic: بُوسْنِيّ (būsniyy)
• Armenian: բոսնիական (bosniakan)
• Asturian: bosniu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: boşnak
• Basque: bosniar
• Belarusian: басні́йскі m (basníjski)
• Bulgarian: бо́сненски (bósnenski)
• Catalan: bosnià (ca) m, bosniana (ca) f
• Czech: bosenský (cs)
• Finnish: bosniankielinen (fi), bosnialainen (fi)
• Friulian: bosgnac
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• Georgian: ბოსნიური (bosniuri), ბოსნიისა (bosniisa)
• German: bosnisch (de)
• Greek: βοσνιακός (el) m (vosniakós)
• Hindi: बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Irish: Boisniach
• Italian: bosniaco (it) m
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: boshnák
• Latin: bosniānus, bosniācus, bosnius, bosnicus
• Latvian: Bosnijas, bosniešu, bosnisks
• Macedonian: босански (bosanski)
• Malay: Bosnia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnisk (no)

  Nynorsk: bosnisk

• Polish: bośniacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Romanian: bosniac (ro)
• Russian: босни́йский (ru) (bosníjskij), боса́нский (bosánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бо̀санскӣ m

  Latin: bòsanskī (sh) m

• Slovak: bosniansky
• Slovene: bosánski (sl), bósenski
• Spanish: bosnio (es)
• Turkish: Bosnalı (tr), Boşnak (tr)
• Ukrainian: босні́йський m (bosníjsʹkyj), босня́цький m (bosnjácʹkyj)
• Volapük: bosniänan

Noun

Bosnian (countable and uncountable, plural Bosnians)

1. (countable) A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
   • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power‎^[2], volume 3, number 2, page 25:

     Ten days later, however, the deal was dead, largely because the United States opposed it and persuaded the Bosnians to do the same, or so Gibbs argues.

2. (uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.
4. (nonstandard) A Bosniak.

Hyponyms

• Herzegovinian

Translations

the people

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: بُوسْنِيّ m (būsniyy), بُوسْنِيَّة f (būsniyya)
• Armenian: բոսնիացի (bosniacʻi)
• Asturian: bosniu (ast), bosnia (ast)
• Basque: bosniar
• Belarusian: басні́ец m (basníjec), басня́к m (basnják), басні́йка f (basníjka), басня́чка f (basnjáčka)
• Bulgarian: бо́сненец (bg) m (bósnenec), бо́сненка f (bósnenka)
• Catalan: bosnià (ca) m, bosniana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞人 / 波斯尼亚人 (bōsīníyǎrén)

• Czech: Bosňan (cs) m, Bosňanka (cs) f
• Danish: bosnier, bosniere pl
• Dutch: Bosniër (nl) m, Bosnische (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: bosnialainen (fi)
• French: Bosnien (fr) m, Bosnienne (fr) f
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• Georgian: ბოსნიელი (bosnieli)
• German: Bosnier (de) m, Bosnierin (de) f
• Greek: Βόσνιος (el) m (Vósnios), Βόσνια (el) f (Vósnia)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosníumaður m, Bosníukona f
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: Boisniach m
• Italian: bosniaco (it) m, bosniaca (it) f
• Japanese: ボスニア人 (ja) (bosuniajin)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 보스니아 헤르체고비나인 (boseunia hereuchegobinain), 보스니아인 (boseuniain)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: boshnak
• Latin: Bosniānus m, Bosniāna f, Bosniācus m, Bosniāca f
• Latvian: bosnietis m, bosniete f
• Lithuanian: bosnis (lt) m, bosnė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Боса́нец m (Bosánec), Босанка f (Bosanka)
• Malay: orang Bosnia
• Maltese: Bosnijak m, Bosnijaka f, Bosnijaċi pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnier m

  Nynorsk: bosniar m

• Polish: Bośniak (pl) m pers, Bośniaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Romanian: bosniac (ro) m, bosniacă (ro) f
• Russian: босни́ец (ru) m (bosníjec), бошня́к (ru) m (bošnják), босни́йка (ru) f (bosníjka), бошня́чка f (bošnjáčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Боса́нац m, Бо̀са̄нка f

  Latin: Bosánac (sh) m, Bòsānka f

• Slovak: Bosniak m, Bosniačka f
• Slovene: Bosanec (sl) m, Bosanka f
• Spanish: bosnio (es) m, bosnia (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: bosnier (sv) c
• Turkish: Bosnalı (tr), Boşnak (tr)
• Ukrainian: босні́єць m (bosníjecʹ), босня́к (bosnják), босні́йка f (bosníjka), босня́чка f (bosnjáčka)
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

• Albanian: gjuha boshnjake
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنِيَّة f (al-būsniyya)
• Armenian: բոսնիերեն (hy) (bosnieren)
• Asturian: bosniu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: boşnak dili
• Basque: bosniera (eu)
• Belarusian: басні́йская мо́ва f (basníjskaja móva), басні́йская f (basníjskaja)
• Bulgarian: бошняшки m (bošnjaški)
• Catalan: bosnià (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏉᏌᏂ (quosani), ᏆᏍᏂᎠᏂ (quasniani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞語 / 波斯尼亚语 (zh) (Bōsīníyǎ-yǔ)

• Czech: bosenština (cs) f
• Danish: bosnisk
• Dutch: Bosnisch (nl) n
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: bosnia (fi)
• French: bosnien (fr) m
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• Georgian: ბოსნიური (bosniuri)
• German: Bosnisch (de) n
• Greek: βοσνιακά (el) n pl (vosniaká)
• Hindi: बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosníska
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: Boisnis f
• Italian: bosniaco (it) m
• Japanese: ボスニア語 (ja) (Bosunia-go)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Bosnica f
• Latvian: bosniešu valoda f, bosniešu, bosnisks
• Limburgish: Bósnisj n
• Lithuanian: bosnių kalba (lt) f
• Macedonian: босански m (bosanski), бошњачки m (bošnjački)
• Malay: bahasa Bosnia
• Maltese: Il-Bosnijak
• Navajo: Bosna bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: bosnisk m

• Persian: بوسنیائی (bosniyâ'i)
• Polish: (język) bośniacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Romanian: bosniacă (ro) f
• Russian: босни́йский (ru) m (bosníjskij), боса́нский m (bosánskij)
• Scots: Bosnie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бошњачки језик m, бо̀шња̄чкӣ m, босански језик m, бо̀санскӣ m

  Latin: bošnjački jezik m, bòšnjāčkī (sh) m, bosanski jezik m, bòsanskī (sh) m

• Slovak: bosniančina f
• Slovene: bosánščina (sl) f
• Spanish: bosnio (es)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: bosniska (sv)
• Turkish: Boşnakça (tr)
• Urdu: بوسنیائی (bosniyāī)
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can

Related terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak

See also

• Serbo-Croatian
• Yugoslavia

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code bs, ISO 639-3 code bos (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bosnian, bos ⁠

Anagrams

• nonbias

Võro

Noun

Bosnian

1. inessive singular of Bosnia