Bosnian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Bosnia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Bosnian
From Bosnia + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Bosnian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Bosnian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Bosnians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
pos: adj
examples: 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.”
gloss: Of or pertaining to Bosnia
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Pertaining to Bosniaks
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
gloss: A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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.
gloss: The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: A Bosniak.
pos: noun
tags: countable
nonstandard
uncountable
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: بُوسْنِيّ
roman: būsniyy
lang: Arabic
word: بُوسْنِيَّة
roman: būsniyya
lang: Armenian
word: բոսնիացի
roman: bosniacʻi
lang: Asturian
word: bosniu
lang: Asturian
word: bosnia
lang: Basque
word: bosniar
lang: Belarusian
word: басні́ец
roman: basníjec
lang: Belarusian
word: басня́к
roman: basnják
lang: Belarusian
word: басні́йка
roman: basníjka
lang: Belarusian
word: басня́чка
roman: basnjáčka
lang: Bulgarian
word: бо́сненец
roman: bósnenec
lang: Bulgarian
word: бо́сненка
roman: bósnenka
lang: Catalan
word: bosnià
lang: Catalan
word: bosniana
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 波斯尼亞人 /波斯尼亚人
roman: bōsīníyǎrén
lang: Czech
word: Bosňan
lang: Czech
word: Bosňanka
lang: Danish
word: bosnier
lang: Danish
word: bosniere
lang: Dutch
word: Bosniër
lang: Dutch
word: Bosnische
lang: Finnish
word: bosnialainen
lang: French
word: Bosnien
lang: French
word: Bosnienne
lang: Galician
word: bosníaco
lang: Georgian
word: ბოსნიელი
roman: bosnieli
lang: German
word: Bosnier
lang: German
word: Bosnierin
lang: Greek
word: Βόσνιος
roman: Vósnios
lang: Greek
word: Βόσνια
roman: Vósnia
lang: Hungarian
word: bosnyák
lang: Icelandic
word: Bosníumaður
lang: Icelandic
word: Bosníukona
lang: Irish
word: Boisniach
lang: Italian
word: bosniaco
lang: Italian
word: bosniaca
lang: Japanese
word: ボスニア人
roman: bosuniajin
lang: Korean
word: 보스니아 헤르체고비나인
roman: boseunia hereuchegobinain
lang: Korean
word: 보스니아인
roman: boseuniain
lang: Ladino
word: boshnak
lang: Latin
word: Bosniānus
lang: Latin
word: Bosniāna
lang: Latin
word: Bosniācus
lang: Latin
word: Bosniāca
lang: Latvian
word: bosnietis
lang: Latvian
word: bosniete
lang: Lithuanian
word: bosnis
lang: Lithuanian
word: bosnė
lang: Macedonian
word: Боса́нец
roman: Bosánec
lang: Macedonian
word: Босанка
roman: Bosanka
lang: Malay
word: orang Bosnia
lang: Maltese
word: Bosnijak
lang: Maltese
word: Bosnijaka
lang: Maltese
word: Bosnijaċi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bosnier
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bosniar
lang: Polish
word: Bośniak
lang: Polish
word: Bośniaczka
lang: Portuguese
word: bósnio
lang: Romanian
word: bosniac
lang: Romanian
word: bosniacă
lang: Russian
word: босни́ец
roman: bosníjec
lang: Russian
word: бошня́к
roman: bošnják
lang: Russian
word: босни́йка
roman: bosníjka
lang: Russian
word: бошня́чка
roman: bošnjáčka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Боса́нац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Бо̀са̄нка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Bosánac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Bòsānka
lang: Slovak
word: Bosniak
lang: Slovak
word: Bosniačka
lang: Slovene
word: Bosanec
lang: Slovene
word: Bosanka
lang: Spanish
word: bosnio
lang: Spanish
word: bosnia
lang: Swedish
word: bosnier
lang: Turkish
word: Bosnalı
lang: Turkish
word: Boşnak
lang: Ukrainian
word: босні́єць
roman: bosníjecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: босня́к
roman: bosnják
lang: Ukrainian
word: босні́йка
roman: bosníjka
lang: Ukrainian
word: босня́чка
roman: bosnjáčka