English
- Bactriana, Bākhtar in Persian, also Bahlika in Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese.
Etymology
From Latin Bactria, from Ancient Greek Βακτρίᾱ (Baktríā), from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /bâxtriš/) and modern Persian باختر (bâxtar).
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
- 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 (hi) m (bāxtra)
- Hungarian: Baktria
- Irish: an Bhaictria f
- Italian: Battria
- Latin: Bactria f
- Marathi: बॅक्ट्रिया (bĕkṭriyā)
- Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /bāxtriš/)
- Persian: باختر (fa) (bâxtar), بلخ (fa) (balx), طخارستان (toxârestân)
- Polish: Baktria (pl) f
- Portuguese: Báctria f
- Romanian: Bactria f
- Russian: Бактрия (ru) f (Baktrija), Бактриана f (Baktriana)
- Sanskrit: वाह्लीक (sa) (vāhlīka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Бактрија f
- Roman: Baktrija f
- Spanish: Bactriana f
- Tajik: Бохтар (Boxtar)
- Turkish: Baktria
- Urdu: باختر (bāxtar)
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