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.

Derived terms

• Bosnianness

Translations

of or pertaining to Bosnia

• Arabic: بُوسْنِيّ‎‎ f (būsniyy)
• Armenian: բոսնիական (bosniakan)
• Azerbaijani: boşnak
• Basque: bosniar
• Belarusian: басні́йскі m (basníjski)
• Catalan: bosnià (ca) m, bosniana (ca) f
• Czech: bosenský (cs)
• Finnish: bosnialainen (fi)
• Galician: bosníaco (gl) m
• German: bosnisch (de)
• Greek: βοσνιακός (el) m (vosniakós)
• Hungarian: bosnyák (hu)
• Irish: Boisniach
• Italian: bosniaco (it) m
• Latvian: Bosnijas, bosniešu, bosnisks
• Macedonian: босански m (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

  Roman: bòsanskī (sh) m

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

Noun

Bosnian (countable and uncountable, plural Bosnians)

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

Hyponyms

• Herzegovinian

Translations

the people

• Armenian: բոսնիացի (bosniacʿi)
• Basque: bosniar
• Belarusian: басні́ец m (basníjec), басня́к m (basnják), басні́йка f (basníjka), басня́чка f (basnjáčka)
• Catalan: bosnià (ca) m, bosniana (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Bosňan (cs) m, Bosňanka (cs) f
• Danish: bosnier, bosniere pl
• Dutch: Bosniër (nl) m, Bosnische (nl) f
• Finnish: bosnialainen (fi)
• 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
• 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, 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, Босанка f

  Roman: Bosánac (sh) m, Bòsānka f

• Spanish: bosnio (es) m, bosnia (es) f
• Turkish: Bosnalı (tr), Boşnak (tr)
• Ukrainian: босні́єць m (bosníjecʹ), босня́к (bosnják), босні́йка f (bosníjka), босня́чка f (bosnjáčka)

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

• Albanian: gjuha boshnjake (sq)
• Arabic: اَلْبُوسْنِيَّة‎‎ f (al-busniyya)
• Armenian: բոսնիերեն (hy) (bosnieren)
• 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)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: bosnisk
• Dutch: Bosnisch (nl) n
• 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 (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)
• 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

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

• Slovene: bosánščina (sl) f
• Spanish: bosnio (es)
• Swedish: bosniska (sv)
• Turkish: Boşnakça (tr)
• Urdu: بوسنیائی‎‎ (bosniyā'ī)

Related terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak

See also

• Serbo-Croatian
• Yugoslavia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nonbias