Бохтар

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بَاخْتَر (bāxtar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boxtar/, [bɔχ.t̪ʰäɾ]

Proper noun

Бохтар • (Boxtar) (Persian spelling باختر)

  1. Bokhtar (a city, the provincial capital of Khatlon, Tajikistan)
  2. 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)

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