"Bactria" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbæktɹɪə/ [UK]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Baktrianḗ). See also Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠bâxtriš⁠/) and modern Persian باختر (bâxtar). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Βακτριανή}} Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Baktrianḗ), {{der|en|peo|𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁|ts=bâxtriš}} Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠bâxtriš⁠/), {{cog|fa|باختر|tr=bâxtar}} Persian باختر (bâxtar) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bactria
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Bactria Synonyms: Bactriana, Bākhtar in Persian, also Bahlika in Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese Translations (Greek name for ancient country): Бактрия (Baktrija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 大夏 (Dàxià) (Chinese Mandarin), Baktrien (Danish), Baktria (Finnish), Bactriane [feminine] (French), Bactrie [feminine] (French), Baktrien [neuter] (German), Βακτριανή (Vaktrianí) [feminine] (Greek), Βακτρία (Vaktría) [feminine] (Greek), वाह्लीक (vāhlīk) [masculine] (Hindi), Baktria (Hungarian), an Bhaictria [feminine] (Irish), Battria (Italian), Bactria [feminine] (Latin), बॅक्ट्रिया (bĕkṭriyā) (Marathi), 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (alt: b-a-x-t-r-i-š /⁠bāxtriš⁠/) (Old Persian), باختر (bâxtar) (Persian), بلخ (balx) (Persian), طخارستان (toxârestân) (Persian), Baktria [feminine] (Polish), Báctria [feminine] (Portuguese), Bactria [feminine] (Romanian), Бактрия (Baktrija) [feminine] (Russian), Бактриана (Baktriana) [feminine] (Russian), वाह्लीक (vāhlīka) (Sanskrit), Бактрија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Baktrija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bactriana [feminine] (Spanish), Baktria (Turkish), باختر (bāxtar) (Urdu)

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