Bactra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκτρα (Báktra).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbak.tra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbak.t̪ra]

Bactra n pl (genitive Bactrōrum); second declension

1. The capital of Bactriana, now Balkh in Afghanistan

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

• Bactra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bactra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly