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Bactria
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Báctria
English
Alternative forms
en Bactriana
en Bakhtar in Persian and various Iranian languages
en Bahlika Vahlika in Indian languages
en Ta-Hia in Chinese languages.
Etymology
From en la Bactria, from en grc Βακτρίᾱ, from en peo 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 bâxtriš. Compare fa باختر bâxtar and hi बाख़्त्र, hi बाख़्तर.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbæktɹɪə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bactria.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q132646 The ancient name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in West Asia, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
Derived terms
en Bactrian
Translations
Greek name for ancient country
Arabic: ar طخارستان, ar تخارستان
Bactrian: xbc Βαχλο
Bulgarian: bg Бактрия f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大夏 Dàxià
Danish: da Baktrien
Finnish: fi Baktria
French: fr Bactriane f, fr Bactrie f
German: de Baktrien n
Greek: el Βακτρία f
Ancient Greek: grc Βακτρίᾱ f
Hindi: hi बाख़्त्र, hi बाख़्तर, hi बॅक्ट्रिया, hi बाह्लिक, hi बाह्लीक, hi वाह्लिक, hi वाह्लीक
Hungarian: hu Baktria
Irish: ga an Bhaictria f
Italian: it Battria
Latin: la Bactria f
Marathi: mr बॅक्ट्रिया
Persian: fa باختر bâxtar, fa بلخ balx, fa طخارستان toxârestân, fa تخارستان toxârestân
Old Persian: peo 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 bāxtriš
Polish: pl Baktria f
Portuguese: pt Báctria f
Romanian: ro Bactria f
Russian: ru Бактрия f, ru Бактриана f
Sanskrit: sa बह्लिक m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бактрија f
Latin: sh Baktrija f
Spanish: es Bactriana f
Tajik: tg Бохтар
Turkish: tr Baktria
Urdu: ur باختر bāxtar
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