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Bactrian

/ˈbæktɹɪən/

Bactrian adjective: of or from Bactria.

Adjective

Bactrian (not comparable)

  1. Of or from Bactria

Noun

Bactrian (plural Bactrians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Bactria.
  2. A Bactrian camel
    • These are not discursive problems that only apply to an “undercover” transwoman, these are discursive problems that are seemingly only visible to an “undercover” transwoman forced to carry multiple perspectives like bactrian humps.2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium

Proper noun

Bactrian

  1. An extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.

Bactrian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Sanskrit

Bactrian in Hindi

a native or inhabitant of Bactria
बाख़्त्री bāxtrī
language
बाख़्त्री bāxtrī, बाख़्तरी bāxtarī

Bactrian in Tamil

இருதிமில் ஒட்டகம், பாக்டிரியா நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த, இருதிமிலுடைய ஒட்டகத் தொடர்புள்ள

Bactrian in Bengali

Bactrian
যবন jobon

Bactrian in Sanskrit

a native or inhabitant of Bactria
बाह्लिक bāhlika, वाह्लिक vāhlika
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Bactrian in Persian
باختری, بلخی balxi

Forms of Bactrian

pluralBactrians

Origin of Bactrian

From Bactria + -an.

Words formed from Bactrian

Phrases with Bactrian

Questions about Bactrian

What does Bactrian mean?
Bactrian means of or from Bactria.
What is Bactrian in Hindi?
Bactrian in Hindi is बाख़्त्री (bāxtrī), बाख़्तरी (bāxtarī). See Bactrian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bactrian?
Bactrian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bactrian?
Bactrian is pronounced /ˈbæktɹɪən/ (UK).

Words near Bactrian in the dictionary

  1. bactophenol
  2. bactoprenol
  3. bactotryptone
  4. Bactria
  5. Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
  6. Bactrian
  7. Bactrian camel
  8. Bactrian camels
  9. Bactrians
  10. bactrine
  11. bactrines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bactrian (page history and authors); Bactrian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); যবন (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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