# Burkina Faso
## English
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people".

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/
* (UK) IPA: /bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
    Coordinate term: Burkinabe

#### Translations
### See also

* Voltaic (relative adjective)
* Ouagadougou (capital)
* Appendix:Countries of the world
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Burkina Faso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta; capital: Ouagadougou)

#### Derived terms

* Burkinees
* Burkinies
* Burkiniër

## Basque
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /burkina fas̺o/ [bur.ki.na fa.s̺o]
* Hyphenation: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso inan
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Derived terms

* burkinafasoar (“Burkinabe”)

### Further reading

* “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [burˈki.nə ˈfa.zu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [burˈki.nə ˈfa.zo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [buɾˈki.na ˈfa.zo]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso ?
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Derived terms

* burkinès

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Central Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* (Amecameca): Burquina Faso

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [burkɪna faso]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (relational adjective burkinafaský)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Burkina Faso”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /burˌki.naː ˈfaː.soː/, [burˌki.na ˈfa.soː]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso n
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈburkinɑ ˈfɑso/, [ˈburk̟inɑ̝ ˈfɑ̝s̠o̞]

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Burkina Faso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Burkina Fasoni
accusative
nom.
Burkina Fasoni
gen.
Burkina Fasoni
genitive
Burkina Fasoni
partitive
Burkina Fasoani
inessive
Burkina Fasossani
elative
Burkina Fasostani
illative
Burkina Fasooni
adessive
Burkina Fasollani
ablative
Burkina Fasoltani
allative
Burkina Fasolleni
essive
Burkina Fasonani
translative
Burkina Fasokseni
abessive
Burkina Fasottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Burkina Fasosi
accusative
nom.
Burkina Fasosi
gen.
Burkina Fasosi
genitive
Burkina Fasosi
partitive
Burkina Fasoasi
inessive
Burkina Fasossasi
elative
Burkina Fasostasi
illative
Burkina Fasoosi
adessive
Burkina Fasollasi
ablative
Burkina Fasoltasi
allative
Burkina Fasollesi
essive
Burkina Fasonasi
translative
Burkina Fasoksesi
abessive
Burkina Fasottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Burkina Fasomme
accusative
nom.
Burkina Fasomme
gen.
Burkina Fasomme
genitive
Burkina Fasomme
partitive
Burkina Fasoamme
inessive
Burkina Fasossamme
elative
Burkina Fasostamme
illative
Burkina Fasoomme
adessive
Burkina Fasollamme
ablative
Burkina Fasoltamme
allative
Burkina Fasollemme
essive
Burkina Fasonamme
translative
Burkina Fasoksemme
abessive
Burkina Fasottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Burkina Fasonne
accusative
nom.
Burkina Fasonne
gen.
Burkina Fasonne
genitive
Burkina Fasonne
partitive
Burkina Fasoanne
inessive
Burkina Fasossanne
elative
Burkina Fasostanne
illative
Burkina Fasoonne
adessive
Burkina Fasollanne
ablative
Burkina Fasoltanne
allative
Burkina Fasollenne
essive
Burkina Fasonanne
translative
Burkina Fasoksenne
abessive
Burkina Fasottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Burkina Fasonsa
accusative
nom.
Burkina Fasonsa
gen.
Burkina Fasonsa
genitive
Burkina Fasonsa
partitive
Burkina Fasoaan Burkina Fasoansa
inessive
Burkina Fasossaan Burkina Fasossansa
elative
Burkina Fasostaan Burkina Fasostansa
illative
Burkina Fasoonsa
adessive
Burkina Fasollaan Burkina Fasollansa
ablative
Burkina Fasoltaan Burkina Fasoltansa
allative
Burkina Fasolleen Burkina Fasollensa
essive
Burkina Fasonaan Burkina Fasonansa
translative
Burkina Fasokseen Burkina Fasoksensa
abessive
Burkina Fasottaan Burkina Fasottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* burkinafasolainen
* burkinalainen

### See also

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Djibouti
* Egypti
* Eritrea
* Etelä-Afrikka
* Etelä-Sudan
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Keski-Afrikan tasavalta
* Komorit
* Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta
* Kongon tasavalta
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Länsi-Sahara
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mayotte
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Norsunluurannikko
* Päiväntasaajan Guinea
* Réunion
* Ruanda
* Saint Helena
* Sambia
* São Tomé ja Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychellit
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Swazimaa
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tšad
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

## French
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buʁ.ki.na fa.so/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso m
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Derived terms

* Burkinabé
* burkinabé

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ブルキナファソ (Burukina Faso)

## Fula
### Alternative forms

* 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮

### Etymology

From French Burkina Faso.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## German
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (proper noun, genitive Burkina Fasos or (optionally with an article) Burkina Faso)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

### See also

* Ägypten
* Algerien
* Angola
* Äquatorialguinea
* Äthiopien
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Demokratische Republik Kongo
* Dschibuti
* Elfenbeinküste
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Gabun
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Komoren
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libyen
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauretanien
* Mauritius
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republik Kongo
* Ruanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Seychellen
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Südafrika
* Sudan
* Südsudan
* São Tomé und Príncipe
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tschad
* Tunesien
* Uganda
* Zentralafrikanische Republik

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈburkinɒfɒzoː]
* Rhymes: -zoː

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Derived terms

* Burkina Fasó-i

### References

* ↑ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /burˈki.na ˈfa.zo/

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso m
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Related terms

* burkinabè

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /burˈki.na ˈfa.so/, [burˈkiːnä ˈfäːs̬o]

### Proper noun

Burkīna Fasō f sg (genitive Burkīnae Fasōnis); variously declined, first declension, third declension
* (New Latin) Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension

First-declension noun with a third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Alternative forms

* Burcīna Faso

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Related terms

* burkiner
* burkinsk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Related terms

* burkinar
* burkinsk

## Polish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /burˈki.na ˈfa.sɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso f (related adjective burkiński)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (indeclinable)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

### Derived terms

* Burkinka
* Burkińczyk

### See also

* Algieria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Czad
* Demokratyczna Republika Konga
* Dżibuti
* Egipt
* Erytrea
* Eswatini
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gwinea
* Gwinea Bissau
* Gwinea Równikowa
* Kamerun
* Kenia
* Komory
* Kongo
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Maroko
* Mauretania
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Południowa Afryka
* Republika Środkowoafrykańska
* Republika Zielonego Przylądka
* Rwanda
* Sahara Zachodnia
* Senegal
* Seszele
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Południowy
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunezja
* Uganda
* Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
* Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Burkina Faso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Burkina Faso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso f (Cyrillic spelling Буркина Фасо)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buɾˌkina ˈfaso/ [buɾˌki.na ˈfa.so]
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: Bur‧ki‧na Fa‧so

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso ?
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Derived terms

* burkinés
* burkinesa

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso n (genitive Burkina Fasos)
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Related terms

* burkinsk (“Burkina Faso”, adjective)
* burkinier c (“Burkina Faso male”)
* burkinska c (“Burkina Faso female”)

### References

* Burkina Faso in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Burkina Faso
* Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)

#### Declension
### See also

* Angola
* Batı Sahra
* Benin
* Botsvana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cezayir
* Cibuti
* Çad
* Ekvator Ginesi
* Eritre
* Esvatini
* Etiyopiya
* Fas
* Fildişi Sahili
* Gabon
* Gambiya
* Gana
* Gine
* Gine-Bissau
* Güney Afrika
* Güney Sudan
* Kamerun
* Kenya
* Komorlar
* Kongo Cumhuriyeti
* Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
* Lesotho
* Liberya
* Libya
* Madagaskar
* Malavi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Mısır
* Moritanya
* Mozambik
* Namibya
* Nijer
* Nijeria
* Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
* Ruanda
* Senegal
* Seyşeller
* Sierra Leone
* Somali
* Sudan
* São Tomé ve Príncipe
* Tanzanya
* Togo
* Tunus
* Uganda
* Yeşil Burun
* Zambiya
* Zimbabve