Etymology

Bosniak

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Today it means: A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromBòšnjāk“Bosniak”
  2. English todayBosniak

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk (“Bosniak”), from Bȍsna (“Bosnia”). Equivalent to Bosniac: Bosnia+-ac.

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