Bosnian

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Etymology

From Bosnia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒzniən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːzniən/, /ˈbɔːzniən/

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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.

Translations

of or pertaining to Bosnia

• Arabic: بوسني f (buusniy)
• Armenian: բոսնիական (bosniakan)
• Azeri: boşnak
• Basque: bosniar
• Catalan: bosnià m, bosniana f
• Finnish: bosnialainen
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• German: bosnisch
• Greek: βοσνιακός (el) m (vosniakós)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Irish: Boisniach
• Latvian: Bosnijas, bosniešu, bosnisks
• Macedonian: босански m (bósanski)

• Malay: Bosnia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnisk (no)

  Nynorsk: bosnisk

• Polish: bośniacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Russian: боснийский (ru) (bosníjskij), босанский (bosánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̀шња̄чкӣ m, bòšnjāčkī m, бо̀санскӣ m, (Bosnian) bòsanskī m
• Slovene: bosánski, bósenski
• Spanish: bosnio (es)
• Turkish: Bosnalı (tr), Boşnak (tr)

Noun

Bosnian (plural Bosnians)

1. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.

Translations

the people

• Armenian: բոսնիացի (bosniacʿi)
• Basque: bosniar
• Catalan: bosnià m, bosniana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞人, 波斯尼亚人 (Bōsīníyǎ-rén)

• Danish: bosnier, bosniere pl
• Dutch: Bosniër (nl) m, Bosnische (nl) f
• Finnish: bosnialainen
• French: Bosnien (fr) m
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• German: Bosnier (de) m, Bosnierin (de) f
• Greek: Βόσνιος (el) m (Vósnios), Βόσνια f (Vósnia)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosníumaður m, Bosníukona f
• Irish: Boisniach m
• Japanese: ボスニア人 (Bosunia-jin)

• Latvian: bosnietis m, bosniete f
• Macedonian: Босанец m (Bosánec), Босанка f (Bósanka)
• Malay: orang Bosnia
• Maltese: Bosnijak m, Bosnijaka f, Bosnijaċi pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnier m

  Nynorsk: bosniar m

• Polish: Bośniak (pl) m, Bośniaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Russian: босниец (ru) m (bosníjec), бошняк (ru) m (bošnják), боснийка (ru) f (bosníjka), бошнячка f (bošnjáčka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Бо̀шња̄к m, Bòšnjāk m, Боса́нац m, Bosánac m, Босанка f, Bòsānka f
• Spanish: bosnio (es) m, bosnia f
• Turkish: Bosnalı (tr), Boşnak (tr)

Proper noun

Bosnian

1. The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Translations

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

• Albanian: gjuha boshnjake (sq)
• Arabic: البوسنية f (al-busníyya)
• Azeri: boşnak dili
• Basque: bosniera (eu)
• Belarusian: басні́йская мо́ва f (basníjskaja móva), басні́йская f (basníjskaja)
• Bulgarian: бошняшки m (bošnjaški)
• Catalan: bosnià m
• Cherokee: ᏉᏌᏂ (quosani)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: bosnisk
• Dutch: Bosnisch (nl)
• Finnish: bosnia (fi)
• French: bosnien (fr) m
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• German: Bosnisch (de) n
• Greek: Βοσνικά n pl (Vosniká)
• Hindi: बोस्नियाई (bosniyā'ī)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosníska
• Irish: Boisnis f

• Japanese: ボスニア語 (ja) (Bosunia-go)
• Latvian: bosniešu valoda f, bosniešu, bosnisks
• Limburgish: Bósnisj (li) n
• Macedonian: босански m (bósanski), бошњачки m (bóšnjački)
• Malay: bahasa Bosnia
• Maltese: Il-Bosnijak
• Navajo: Bosna bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bosnisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: bosnisk m

• Persian: بوسنیائی (bosniyâ'i)
• Portuguese: bósnio (pt) m
• Russian: боснийский (ru) m (bosníjskij), босанский m (bosánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: бошњачки језик m, bošnjački jezik m, босански језик m, (Bosnian) bosanski jezik m, бо̀шња̄чкӣ m, bòšnjāčkī m, бо̀санскӣ m, (Bosnian) bòsanskī m
• Slovene: bosánščina f
• Spanish: bosnio (es)
• Swedish: bosniska (sv)
• Turkish: Boşnakça (tr)
• Urdu: بوسنیائی (bosniyā'ī)

Related terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Serbo-Croatian
• Yugoslavia

External links

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

Anagrams

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