Bosnian
/ˈbɒz.ni.ən/noun
Relating to Bosnia, its people, or its language.
Did you know?Bosnia’s name is generally traced to the Bosna River, and the river-name itself may go back to a very old pre-Slavic hydronym, one of those ancient words that survived by becoming geography.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient / Pre-Slavic
Pre-Slavic
Bosna
“The Bosna River and the region around it”
Middle Ages
Latin
Bosna / Bosinium
“Medieval Latin forms referring to Bosnia”
12th–14th Century
Slavic
Bosna
“The river and political region in medieval South Slavic usage”
15th Century
Turkish
Bosna
“Bosnia under Ottoman administrative and geographic usage”
16th–19th Century
English
Bosnian
“A person from Bosnia; later, anything relating to Bosnia”