Dictionary

Bosnian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ (US)
• /ˈbɒzni.ən/ (UK)
• /ˈbɔːzni.ən/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bosnia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bosnian From Bosnia + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
   • 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.” 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, volume 3, number 2, page 25:
2. (historical) Of or pertaining to Bosnia.
3. (nonstandard) Pertaining to Bosniaks.

Forms

Deriveds

Bosnianness · Bosnian pine

Translations (51)

sq boshnjak (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · bg бо́сненски (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · lv Bosnijas (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ka ბოსნიური (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · la bosniānus (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · tr Bosnalı (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · la bosnicus (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ms Bosnia (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · lad boshnák (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ar بُوسْنِيّ (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · hu bosnyák (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · nb bosnisk (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · hy բոսնիական (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · fi bosnialainen (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ast bosniu (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · lv bosnisks (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · fur bosgnac (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · el βοσνιακός (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · cs bosenský (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · pt bósnio (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ro bosniac (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ga Boisniach (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · lv bosniešu (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · la bosnius (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · sl bósenski (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · uk босня́цький (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · uk босні́йський (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ka ბოსნიისა (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ca bosnià (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · fi bosniankielinen (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · hi बोस्नियाई (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · mk босански (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · sk bosniansky (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · de bosnisch (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ru боса́нский (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · tr Boşnak (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · be басні́йскі (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ru босни́йский (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · sh bòsanskī (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · sl bosánski (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · vo bosniänan (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · la bosniācus (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · it bosniaco (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · eu bosniar (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · nn bosnisk (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · az boşnak (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · ca bosniana (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · sh бо̀санскӣ (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · pl bośniacki (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · gl bosníaco (of or pertaining to Bosnia) · es bosnio (of or pertaining to Bosnia)

Bosnian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ (US)
• /ˈbɒzni.ən/ (UK)
• /ˈbɔːzni.ən/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bosnia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bosnian From Bosnia + -an.

Meanings

1. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
   • 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. 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, volume 3, number 2, page 25:
2. (nonstandard) A Bosniak.

Forms

Hyponyms

Herzegovinian

Translations (82)

pt bósnio (the people) · tr Boşnak (the people) · sh Бо̀са̄нка (the people) · ast bosniu (the people) · cs Bosňanka (the people) · uk босні́єць (the people) · ka ბოსნიელი (the people) · fr Bosnien (the people) · mk Босанка (the people) · gl bosníaco (the people) · mt Bosnijaka (the people) · nl Bosnische (the people) · ar بُوسْنِيّ (the people) · es bosnio (the people) · hu bosnyák (the people) · lt bosnis (the people) · it bosniaco (the people) · mt Bosnijak (the people) · ar بُوسْنِيَّة (the people) · sh Боса́нац (the people) · ko 보스니아인 (the people) · da bosniere (the people) · la Bosniāna (the people) · la Bosniācus (the people) · lad boshnak (the people) · is Bosníukona (the people) · ro bosniac (the people) · sl Bosanec (the people) · be басні́йка (the people) · ro bosniacă (the people) · eu bosniar (the people) · de Bosnier (the people) · be басні́ец (the people) · ja ボスニア人 (the people) · sh Bòsānka (the people) · ca bosniana (the people) · cmn 波斯尼亞人 /波斯尼亚人 (the people) · mt Bosnijaċi (the people) · lv bosniete (the people) · el Βόσνια (the people) · ru босни́ец (the people) · de Bosnierin (the people) · ms orang Bosnia (the people) · la Bosniānus (the people) · uk босні́йка (the people) · ast bosnia (the people) · it bosniaca (the people) · sh Bosánac (the people) · lt bosnė (the people) · ru бошня́чка (the people) · el Βόσνιος (the people) · nn bosniar (the people) · tr Bosnalı (the people) · be басня́к (the people) · cs Bosňan (the people) · mk Боса́нец (the people) · ru босни́йка (the people) · es bosnia (the people) · ga Boisniach (the people) · be басня́чка (the people) · la Bosniāca (the people) · pl Bośniaczka (the people) · nl Bosniër (the people) · ko 보스니아 헤르체고비나인 (the people) · pl Bośniak (the people) · ru бошня́к (the people) · is Bosníumaður (the people) · sv bosnier (the people) · sl Bosanka (the people) · bg бо́сненка (the people) · hy բոսնիացի (the people) · lv bosnietis (the people) · bg бо́сненец (the people) · da bosnier (the people) · uk босня́чка (the people) · uk босня́к (the people) · sk Bosniačka (the people) · nb bosnier (the people) · sk Bosniak (the people) · fr Bosnienne (the people) · ca bosnià (the people) · fi bosnialainen (the people)

Bosnian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ (US)
• /ˈbɒzni.ən/ (UK)
• /ˈbɔːzni.ən/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bosnia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bosnian From Bosnia + -an.

Meanings

1. The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.

Relateds

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Yugoslavia · Bosniak · Serbo-Croatian

Translations (64)

sv bosniska (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lv bosniešu valoda (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · la Bosnica (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nl Bosnisch (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sl bosánščina (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ru боса́нский (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sk bosniančina (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · gl bosníaco (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ur بوسنیائی (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ms bahasa Bosnia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fi bosnia (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · eu bosniera (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh бошњачки језик (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nb bosnisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · mk босански (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cmn 波斯尼亞語 /波斯尼亚语 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lv bosnisks (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · kk боснақ тілі (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · hi बोस्नियाई (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · bg бошняшки (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · de Bosnisch (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ro bosniacă (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fa بوسنیائی (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ru босни́йский (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ca bosnià (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · hy բոսնիերեն (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · da bosnisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · chr ᏆᏍᏂᎠᏂ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh бо̀шња̄чкӣ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · is bosníska (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · li Bósnisj (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sq gjuha boshnjake (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · chr ᏉᏌᏂ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sco Bosnie (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · az boşnak dili (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · fr bosnien (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ka ბოსნიური (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nv Bosna bizaad (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ar الْبُوسْنِيَّة (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh bòsanskī (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · es bosnio (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · it bosniaco (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be басні́йская мо́ва (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · mk бошњачки (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ast bosniu (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cmn 波士尼亞語 /波士尼亚语 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · cs bosenština (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh bošnjački jezik (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ga Boisnis (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · nn bosnisk (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh bosanski jezik (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh bòšnjāčkī (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lv bosniešu (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · ja ボスニア語 (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · pl (język) bośniacki (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh босански језик (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · be басні́йская (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · hu bosnyák (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · sh бо̀санскӣ (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · el βοσνιακά (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · tr Boşnakça (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · pt bósnio (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · mt Il-Bosnijak (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) · lt bosnių kalba (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)