برطانيه

Pashto

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برطانیه (biritâniya), itself borrowed from Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya) or بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bart.ɑn.ja/

Proper noun

برطانيه • (bartānya) f

  1. (ambiguously) Britain, England

Derived terms
  • لويه برطانيه (loya bartānya, “Great Britain”)

References
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “برطانيه”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
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