Bactria

See also: Báctria

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Baktrianḗ), 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

2. 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: 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
• Tajik: Бохтар (Boxtar)
• Turkish: Baktria
• Urdu: باختر (bāxtar)

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