Standard Lemma guide

Bosnian

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɒzni.ən/
  • US: /ˈbɑːzni.ən/
  • US: /ˈbɔːzni.ən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 Z N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to Bosnia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to Bosniaks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

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4

name

Meaning 4

The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A Bosniak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

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8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: boshnjak — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Arabic: بُوسْنِيّ (būsniyy) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Armenian: բոսնիական (bosniakan) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Asturian: bosniu — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Azerbaijani: boşnak — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Basque: bosniar — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Belarusian: басні́йскі (basníjski) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bulgarian: бо́сненски (bósnenski) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Catalan: bosnià — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Catalan: bosniana — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Czech: bosenský — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Finnish: bosniankielinen — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Finnish: bosnialainen — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Friulian: bosgnac — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Galician: bosníaco — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Georgian: ბოსნიური (bosniuri) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Georgian: ბოსნიისა (bosniisa) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • German: bosnisch — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Greek: βοσνιακός (vosniakós) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Hindi: बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Hungarian: bosnyák — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Irish: Boisniach — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Italian: bosniaco — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Ladino: boshnák — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latin: bosniānus — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latin: bosniācus — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latin: bosnius — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latin: bosnicus — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latvian: Bosnijas — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latvian: bosniešu — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Latvian: bosnisks — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Macedonian: босански (bosanski) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Malay: Bosnia — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bosnisk — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bosnisk — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Polish: bośniacki — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Portuguese: bósnio — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Romanian: bosniac — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Russian: босни́йский (bosníjskij) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Russian: боса́нский (bosánskij) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̀санскӣ — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Serbo-Croatian: bòsanskī — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Slovak: bosniansky — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Slovene: bosánski — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Slovene: bósenski — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Spanish: bosnio — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Turkish: Bosnalı — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Turkish: Boşnak — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Ukrainian: босні́йський (bosníjsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Ukrainian: босня́цький (bosnjácʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Volapük: bosniänan — of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Albanian: gjuha boshnjake — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Arabic: الْبُوسْنِيَّة (al-būsniyya) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Armenian: բոսնիերեն (bosnieren) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Asturian: bosniu — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Azerbaijani: boşnak dili — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Basque: bosniera — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Belarusian: басні́йская мо́ва (basníjskaja móva) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Belarusian: басні́йская (basníjskaja) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Bulgarian: бошняшки (bošnjaški) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Catalan: bosnià — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Cherokee: ᏉᏌᏂ (quosani) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Cherokee: ᏆᏍᏂᎠᏂ (quasniani) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波斯尼亞語 /波斯尼亚语 (Bōsīníyǎ-yǔ) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Czech: bosenština — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Danish: bosnisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Dutch: Bosnisch — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Finnish: bosnia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • French: bosnien — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Galician: bosníaco — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Georgian: ბოსნიური (bosniuri) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • German: Bosnisch — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Greek: βοσνιακά (vosniaká) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Hindi: बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Hungarian: bosnyák — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Icelandic: bosníska — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Irish: Boisnis — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Italian: bosniaco — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Japanese: ボスニア語 (Bosunia-go) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Latin: Bosnica — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Latvian: bosniešu valoda — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Latvian: bosniešu — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Latvian: bosnisks — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Limburgish: Bósnisj — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Lithuanian: bosnių kalba — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Macedonian: босански (bosanski) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Macedonian: бошњачки (bošnjački) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Malay: bahasa Bosnia — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Maltese: Il-Bosnijak — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Navajo: Bosna bizaad — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bosnisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bosnisk — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Persian: بوسنیائی (bosniyâ'i) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Polish: (język) bośniacki — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Portuguese: bósnio — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Romanian: bosniacă — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Russian: босни́йский (bosníjskij) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Russian: боса́нский (bosánskij) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Scots: Bosnie — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: бошњачки језик — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̀шња̄чкӣ — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: босански језик — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̀санскӣ — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: bošnjački jezik — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: bòšnjāčkī — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: bosanski jezik — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Serbo-Croatian: bòsanskī — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Slovak: bosniančina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Slovene: bosánščina — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Spanish: bosnio — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Swedish: bosniska — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Turkish: Boşnakça — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Urdu: بوسنیائی (bosniyāī) — the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • Arabic: بُوسْنِيّ (būsniyy) — the people
  • Arabic: بُوسْنِيَّة (būsniyya) — the people
  • Armenian: բոսնիացի (bosniacʻi) — the people
  • Asturian: bosniu — the people
  • Asturian: bosnia — the people
  • Basque: bosniar — the people
  • Belarusian: басні́ец (basníjec) — the people
  • Belarusian: басня́к (basnják) — the people
  • Belarusian: басні́йка (basníjka) — the people
  • Belarusian: басня́чка (basnjáčka) — the people
  • Bulgarian: бо́сненец (bósnenec) — the people
  • Bulgarian: бо́сненка (bósnenka) — the people
  • Catalan: bosnià — the people
  • Catalan: bosniana — the people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波斯尼亞人 /波斯尼亚人 (bōsīníyǎrén) — the people
  • Czech: Bosňan — the people
  • Czech: Bosňanka — the people
  • Danish: bosnier — the people
  • Danish: bosniere — the people
  • Dutch: Bosniër — the people
  • Dutch: Bosnische — the people
  • Finnish: bosnialainen — the people
  • French: Bosnien — the people
  • French: Bosnienne — the people
  • Galician: bosníaco — the people
  • Georgian: ბოსნიელი (bosnieli) — the people
  • German: Bosnier — the people
  • German: Bosnierin — the people
  • Greek: Βόσνιος (Vósnios) — the people
  • Greek: Βόσνια (Vósnia) — the people
  • Hungarian: bosnyák — the people
  • Icelandic: Bosníumaður — the people
  • Icelandic: Bosníukona — the people
  • Irish: Boisniach — the people
  • Italian: bosniaco — the people
  • Italian: bosniaca — the people
  • Japanese: ボスニア人 (bosuniajin) — the people
  • Korean: 보스니아 헤르체고비나인 (boseunia hereuchegobinain) — the people
  • Korean: 보스니아인 (boseuniain) — the people
  • Ladino: boshnak — the people
  • Latin: Bosniānus — the people
  • Latin: Bosniāna — the people
  • Latin: Bosniācus — the people
  • Latin: Bosniāca — the people
  • Latvian: bosnietis — the people
  • Latvian: bosniete — the people
  • Lithuanian: bosnis — the people
  • Lithuanian: bosnė — the people
  • Macedonian: Боса́нец (Bosánec) — the people
  • Macedonian: Босанка (Bosanka) — the people
  • Malay: orang Bosnia — the people
  • Maltese: Bosnijak — the people
  • Maltese: Bosnijaka — the people
  • Maltese: Bosnijaċi — the people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bosnier — the people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bosniar — the people
  • Polish: Bośniak — the people
  • Polish: Bośniaczka — the people
  • Portuguese: bósnio — the people
  • Romanian: bosniac — the people
  • Romanian: bosniacă — the people
  • Russian: босни́ец (bosníjec) — the people
  • Russian: бошня́к (bošnják) — the people
  • Russian: босни́йка (bosníjka) — the people
  • Russian: бошня́чка (bošnjáčka) — the people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Боса́нац — the people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бо̀са̄нка — the people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bosánac — the people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bòsānka — the people
  • Slovak: Bosniak — the people
  • Slovak: Bosniačka — the people
  • Slovene: Bosanec — the people
  • Slovene: Bosanka — the people
  • Spanish: bosnio — the people
  • Spanish: bosnia — the people
  • Swedish: bosnier — the people
  • Turkish: Bosnalı — the people
  • Turkish: Boşnak — the people
  • Ukrainian: босні́єць (bosníjecʹ) — the people
  • Ukrainian: босня́к (bosnják) — the people
  • Ukrainian: босні́йка (bosníjka) — the people
  • Ukrainian: босня́чка (bosnjáčka) — the people
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