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Bosnian
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bosnian
English
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Etymology
en :af Bosnia -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɒzni.ən/ UK
en /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ /ˈbɔːzni.ən/ US
en en-us-Bosnian.ogg US
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
en 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 https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 2015 25 3 2 Class, Race and Corporate Power 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250601153259/https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 1 June 2025
en historical Of or pertaining to Bosnia.
en nonstandard Pertaining to Bosniaks.
Derived terms
en Bosnianness Bosnian pine
Translations
of or pertaining to Bosnia
Albanian: sq boshnjak
Arabic: ar بُوسْنِيّ
Armenian: hy բոսնիական
Asturian: ast bosniu
Azerbaijani: az boşnak
Basque: eu bosniar
Belarusian: be басні́йскі m
Bulgarian: bg бо́сненски
Catalan: ca bosnià m, ca bosniana f
Czech: cs bosenský
Finnish: fi bosniankielinen, fi bosnialainen
Friulian: fur bosgnac
Galician: gl bosníaco m
Georgian: ka ბოსნიური, ka ბოსნიისა
German: de bosnisch
Greek: el βοσνιακός m
Hindi: hi बोस्नियाई
Hungarian: hu bosnyák
Irish: ga Boisniach
Italian: it bosniaco m
Kazakh: kk
Ladino: lad boshnák
Latin: la bosniānus, la bosniācus, la bosnius, la bosnicus
Latvian: lv Bosnijas, lv bosniešu, lv bosnisks
Macedonian: mk босански
Malay: ms Bosnia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb bosnisk
Nynorsk: nn bosnisk
Polish: pl bośniacki m
Portuguese: pt bósnio m
Romanian: ro bosniac
Russian: ru босни́йский, ru боса́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh бо̀санскӣ m
Latin: sh bòsanskī m
Slovak: sk bosniansky
Slovene: sl bosánski, sl bósenski
Spanish: es bosnio
Turkish: tr Bosnalı, tr Boşnak
Ukrainian: uk босні́йський m, uk босня́цький m
Volapük: vo bosniänan
Noun
A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
en 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 https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 2015 25 3 2 Class, Race and Corporate Power 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250601153259/https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 1 June 2025
en nonstandard A Bosniak.
Hyponyms
en Herzegovinian
Translations
the people
Albanian: sq
Arabic: ar بُوسْنِيّ m, ar بُوسْنِيَّة f
Armenian: hy բոսնիացի
Asturian: ast bosniu, ast bosnia
Basque: eu bosniar
Belarusian: be басні́ец m, be басня́к m, be басні́йка f, be басня́чка f
Bulgarian: bg бо́сненец m, bg бо́сненка f
Catalan: ca bosnià m, ca bosniana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波斯尼亞人 bōsīníyǎrén
Czech: cs Bosňan m, cs Bosňanka f
Danish: da bosnier, da bosniere p
Dutch: nl Bosniër m, nl Bosnische f
Estonian: et
Faroese: fo
Finnish: fi bosnialainen
French: fr Bosnien m, fr Bosnienne f
Galician: gl bosníaco m
Georgian: ka ბოსნიელი
German: de Bosnier m, de Bosnierin f
Greek: el Βόσνιος m, el Βόσνια f
Hungarian: hu bosnyák
Icelandic: is Bosníumaður m, is Bosníukona f
Igbo: ig
Indonesian: id
Irish: ga Boisniach m
Italian: it bosniaco m, it bosniaca f
Japanese: ja ボスニア人 bosuniajin
Kazakh: kk
Korean: ko 보스니아 헤르체고비나인, ko 보스니아인
Ladin: lld
Ladino: lad boshnak
Latin: la Bosniānus m, la Bosniāna f, la Bosniācus m, la Bosniāca f
Latvian: lv bosnietis m, lv bosniete f
Lithuanian: lt bosnis m, lt bosnė f
Macedonian: mk Боса́нец m, mk Босанка f
Malay: ms orang Bosnia
Maltese: mt Bosnijak m, mt Bosnijaka f, mt Bosnijaċi p
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb bosnier m
Nynorsk: nn bosniar m
Polish: pl Bośniak m-pr, pl Bośniaczka f
Portuguese: pt bósnio m
Romanian: ro bosniac m, ro bosniacă f
Russian: ru босни́ец m, ru бошня́к m, ru босни́йка f, ru бошня́чка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Боса́нац m, sh Бо̀са̄нка f
Latin: sh Bosánac m, sh Bòsānka f
Slovak: sk Bosniak m, sk Bosniačka f
Slovene: sl Bosanec m, sl Bosanka f
Spanish: es bosnio m, es bosnia f
Swahili: sw
Swedish: sv bosnier c
Turkish: tr Bosnalı, tr Boşnak
Ukrainian: uk босні́єць m, uk босня́к, uk босні́йка f, uk босня́чка f
Veps: vep
Volapük: vo
Võro: vro
Votic: vot
Proper noun
The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en historical Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.
Translations
the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Albanian: sq gjuha boshnjake
Arabic: ar بوسنية الْبُوسْنِيَّة f
Armenian: hy բոսնիերեն
Asturian: ast bosniu
Azerbaijani: az boşnak dili
Basque: eu bosniera
Belarusian: be басні́йская мо́ва f, be басні́йская f
Bulgarian: bg бошняшки m
Catalan: ca bosnià m
Cherokee: chr ᏉᏌᏂ, chr ᏆᏍᏂᎠᏂ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波斯尼亞語 Bōsīníyà-yǔ Maniland China, cmn 波士尼亞語 Bōshìníyà-yǔ Taiwan
Czech: cs bosenština f
Danish: da bosnisk
Dutch: nl Bosnisch n
Estonian: et
Faroese: fo
Finnish: fi bosnia
French: fr bosnien m
Galician: gl bosníaco m
Georgian: ka ბოსნიური
German: de Bosnisch n
Greek: el βοσνιακά n-p
Hindi: hi बोस्नियाई
Hungarian: hu bosnyák
Icelandic: is bosníska
Igbo: ig
Indonesian: id
Irish: ga Boisnis f
Italian: it bosniaco m
Japanese: ja ボスニア語 Bosunia-go
Kazakh: kk боснақ тілі
Ladin: lld
Ladino: lad
Latin: la Bosnica f
Latvian: lv bosniešu valoda f, lv bosniešu, lv bosnisks
Limburgish: li Bósnisj n
Lithuanian: lt bosnių kalba f
Macedonian: mk босански m, mk бошњачки m
Malay: ms bahasa Bosnia
Maltese: mt Il-Bosnijak
Navajo: nv Bosna bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb bosnisk m
Nynorsk: nn bosnisk m
Persian: fa بوسنیائی bosniyâ'i
Polish: język pl bośniacki m
Portuguese: pt bósnio m
Romanian: ro bosniacă f
Russian: ru босни́йский m, ru боса́нский m
Scots: sco Bosnie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh бошњачки језик m, sh бо̀шња̄чкӣ m, sh босански језик m, sh бо̀санскӣ m
Latin: sh bošnjački jezik m, sh bòšnjāčkī m, sh bosanski jezik m, sh bòsanskī m
Slovak: sk bosniančina f
Slovene: sl bosánščina f
Spanish: es bosnio
Swahili: sw
Swedish: sv bosniska
Turkish: tr Boşnakça
Urdu: ur بوسنیائی bosniyāī
Veps: vep
Volapük: vo
Võro: vro
Votic: vot
Related terms
en Bosnia and Herzegovina
en Bosniak
See also
en Serbo-Croatian
en Yugoslavia
Further reading
1 bs bos
bos
Anagrams
en abinnos nonbias
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Demonyms Languages Nationalities
Võro
Noun
vro proper noun form
vro Bosnia ine s