English
Etymology
From Latin Bactria, from Ancient Greek Βακτρίᾱ (Baktríā), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /bâxtriš/). Compare Persian باختر (bâxtar) and Hindi बाख़्त्र (bāxtra), बाख़्तर (bāxtar).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæktɹɪə/
Proper noun
Bactria
- 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.
Translations
Greek name for ancient country
- Arabic: طخارستان, تخارستان
- Bactrian: Βαχλο (Bakhlo)
- Bulgarian: Бактрия f (Baktrija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大夏 (zh) (Dàxià)
- Danish: Baktrien
- Finnish: Baktria (fi)
- French: Bactriane (fr) f, Bactrie (fr) f
- German: Baktrien n
- Greek: Βακτρία (el) f (Vaktría)
- Ancient Greek: Βακτρίᾱ f (Baktríā)
- Hindi: बाख़्त्र (bāxtra), बाख़्तर (bāxtar), बॅक्ट्रिया (bĕkṭriyā), बाह्लिक (bāhlik), बाह्लीक (hi) (bāhlīk), वाह्लिक (vāhlik), वाह्लीक (hi) (vāhlīk)
- Hungarian: Baktria
- Irish: an Bhaictria f
- Italian: Battria
- Latin: Bactria f
- Marathi: बॅक्ट्रिया (bĕkṭriyā)
- Persian: باختر (fa) (bâxtar), بلخ (fa) (balx), طخارستان (toxârestân), تخارستان (toxârestân)
- Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /bāxtriš/)
- Polish: Baktria (pl) f
- Portuguese: Báctria f
- Romanian: Bactria f
- Russian: Бактрия (ru) f (Baktrija), Бактриана f (Baktriana)
- Sanskrit: बह्लिक m (bahlika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Бактрија f
- Latin: Baktrija f
- Spanish: Bactriana f
- Tajik: Бохтар (Boxtar)
- Turkish: Baktria
- Urdu: باختر (bāxtar)
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