Bosnian

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UK/ˈbɒzni.ən/US/ˈbɑːzni.ən/US/ˈbɔːzni.ən/

adjective

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

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectiveBosnian (comparative more Bosnian, superlative most Bosnian)

comparative more Bosnian · superlative most Bosnian

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

    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.”

    2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power, volume 3, number 2, page 25
  2. historicalOf or pertaining to Bosnia.
  3. nonstandardPertaining to Bosniaks.
nounBosnian (plural Bosnians)

plural Bosnians

  1. 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.

    2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power, volume 3, number 2, page 25
  2. nonstandardA Bosniak.
proper noun
  1. The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  2. historicalSerbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Arabic بُوسْنِيّ, بُوسْنِيّ
  • بُوسْنِيّ (būsniyy)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • بُوسْنِيّ (būsniyy)the people
  • بُوسْنِيَّة (būsniyya)the people
  • الْبُوسْنِيَّة (al-būsniyya)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Basque bosniar, bosniar
  • bosniarof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniarthe people
  • bosnierathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Bulgarian бо́сненски, бо́сненец
  • бо́сненски (bósnenski)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • бо́сненец (bósnenec)the people
  • бо́сненка (bósnenka)the people
  • бошняшки (bošnjaški)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Catalan bosnià, bosniana
  • bosniàof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnianaof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniàthe people
  • bosnianathe people
  • bosniàthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Chinese Mandarin 波斯尼亞人 /波斯尼亚人, 波斯尼亞語 /波斯尼亚语
  • 波斯尼亞人 /波斯尼亚人 (bōsīníyǎrén)the people
  • 波斯尼亞語 /波斯尼亚语 (Bōsīníyà-yǔ)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • 波士尼亞語 /波士尼亚语 (Bōshìníyà-yǔ)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Czech bosenský, Bosňan
  • bosenskýof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bosňanthe people
  • Bosňankathe people
  • bosenštinathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Danish bosnier, bosniere
  • bosnierthe people
  • bosnierethe people
  • bosniskthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Dutch Bosniër, Bosnische
  • Bosniërthe people
  • Bosnischethe people
  • Bosnischthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Finnish bosniankielinen, bosnialainen
  • bosniankielinenof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnialainenof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnialainenthe people
  • bosniathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
French Bosnien, Bosnienne
  • Bosnienthe people
  • Bosniennethe people
  • bosnienthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
German bosnisch, Bosnier
  • bosnischof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bosnierthe people
  • Bosnierinthe people
  • Bosnischthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Greek βοσνιακός, Βόσνιος
  • βοσνιακός (vosniakós)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Βόσνιος (Vósnios)the people
  • Βόσνια (Vósnia)the people
  • βοσνιακά (vosniaká)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Hindi बोस्नियाई, बोस्नियाई
  • बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • बोस्नियाई (bosniyāī)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Hungarian bosnyák, bosnyák
  • bosnyákof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnyákthe people
  • bosnyákthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Icelandic Bosníumaður, Bosníukona
  • Bosníumaðurthe people
  • Bosníukonathe people
  • bosnískathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Irish Boisniach, Boisniach
  • Boisniachof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Boisniachthe people
  • Boisnisthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Italian bosniaco, bosniaco
  • bosniacoof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniacothe people
  • bosniacathe people
  • bosniacothe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Japanese ボスニア人, ボスニア語
  • ボスニア人 (bosuniajin)the people
  • ボスニア語 (Bosunia-go)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Korean 보스니아 헤르체고비나인, 보스니아인
  • 보스니아 헤르체고비나인 (boseunia hereuchegobinain)the people
  • 보스니아인 (boseuniain)the people
Latin bosniānus, bosniācus
  • bosniānusof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniācusof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniusof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnicusof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bosniānusthe people
  • Bosniānathe people
  • Bosniācusthe people
  • Bosniācathe people
  • Bosnicathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Latvian Bosnijas, bosniešu
  • Bosnijasof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniešuof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnisksof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnietisthe people
  • bosnietethe people
  • bosniešu valodathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • bosniešuthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • bosnisksthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Lithuanian bosnis, bosnė
  • bosnisthe people
  • bosnėthe people
  • bosnių kalbathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Malay Bosnia, orang Bosnia
  • Bosniaof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • orang Bosniathe people
  • bahasa Bosniathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Norwegian Bokmål bosnisk, bosnier
  • bosniskof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosnierthe people
  • bosniskthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Persian بوسنیائی
  • بوسنیائی (bosniyâ'i)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Polish bośniacki, Bośniak
  • bośniackiof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bośniakthe people
  • Bośniaczkathe people
  • (język) bośniackithe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Portuguese bósnio, bósnio
  • bósnioof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bósniothe people
  • bósniothe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Romanian bosniac, bosniac
  • bosniacof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniacthe people
  • bosniacăthe people
  • bosniacăthe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Russian босни́йский, боса́нский
  • босни́йский (bosníjskij)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • боса́нский (bosánskij)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • босни́ец (bosníjec)the people
  • бошня́к (bošnják)the people
  • босни́йка (bosníjka)the people
  • бошня́чка (bošnjáčka)the people
  • босни́йский (bosníjskij)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
  • боса́нский (bosánskij)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Slovak bosniansky, Bosniak
  • bosnianskyof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bosniakthe people
  • Bosniačkathe people
  • bosniančinathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Spanish bosnio, bosnio
  • bosnioof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • bosniothe people
  • bosniathe people
  • bosniothe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Swedish bosnier, bosniska
  • bosnierthe people
  • bosniskathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Turkish Bosnalı, Boşnak
  • Bosnalıof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Boşnakof or pertaining to Bosnia
  • Bosnalıthe people
  • Boşnakthe people
  • Boşnakçathe standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Ukrainian босні́йський, босня́цький
  • босні́йський (bosníjsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • босня́цький (bosnjácʹkyj)of or pertaining to Bosnia
  • босні́єць (bosníjecʹ)the people
  • босня́к (bosnják)the people
  • босні́йка (bosníjka)the people
  • босня́чка (bosnjáčka)the people
Urdu بوسنیائی
  • بوسنیائی (bosniyāī)the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

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Cite this entry
APA

Bosnian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnian

MLA

“Bosnian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bosnian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnian.

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