Bactria

See also: Báctria

English

Alternative forms

Bactriana, Bākhtar in Persian, also Bahlika in Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Baktrianḗ). See also Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠bâxtriš⁠/) and modern Persian (bâxtar).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæktɹɪə/

Proper noun

Bactria

The ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in the Middle East, 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: Βακτριανή (el) f (Vaktrianí), Βακτρία (el) f (Vaktría)
Hindi: वाह्लीक (hi) m (vāhlīk)
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
Turkish: Baktria
Urdu: باختر (bāxtar)

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