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bosniak

/ˈbɒzniæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
bosni-ak
IPA
/ˈbɒzniæk/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.

noun

A person typically characterized by their ties to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk (“Bosniak”), from Bȍsna (“Bosnia”). Equivalent to Bosniac: Bosnia+-ac.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bosniaks (plural)

Derived Forms

Bosniakisation Bosniakization

Phrases

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Frequently Paired Words

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Albanian Balkan Croat Croatian Herzegovina

Questions

How do you pronounce bosniak?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɒzniæk/.
What does bosniak mean?
A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.
Where does bosniak come from?
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk (“Bosniak”), from Bȍsna (“Bosnia”). Equivalent to Bosniac: Bosnia+-ac.

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