Bosnian
proper noun
- South Slavic language
- person from Bosnia
- person from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒzni.ən/ / /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ / /ˈbɔːzni.ən/
adj
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.
- Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
“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.””
- Of or pertaining to Bosnia
- Pertaining to Bosniaks
noun
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.
- A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
“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.”
- The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.
- A Bosniak.