Tajik

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Persian بَاخْتَر (bāxtar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔχtär/, [bɔχt̪ʰär]

Proper noun

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Бохтар (Boxtar) (Persian spelling باختر)

  1. Bokhtar (a city, the provincial capital of Khatlon, Tajikistan)
  2. Bactria (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)

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