bosnian
bosnian Lexical Profile
• adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its people, its culture, or its language.
"The festival featured traditional Bosnian folk music and culinary specialties."
• noun
A native, citizen, or inhabitant of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or a person of Bosnian descent.
"Many Bosnians gathered in the capital to celebrate the country's independence day."
The standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language spoken primarily by Bosniaks and serving as one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"The official documents were translated into Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Bosnian' is a civic and geographical term referring to any citizen or inhabitant of Bosnia and Herzegovina regardless of ethnicity, whereas 'Bosniak' specifically denotes a member of the South Slavic ethnic group in the region traditionally associated with an Islamic cultural heritage.
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