برطانيه

Pashto

Alternative forms

• برتانيه (bartānyá)
• بريتانيا (britāniyã)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برطانیه (biritâniya), itself borrowed from Arabic بِرِطَانِيَة (biriṭāniya) or بَرْطَانِيَة (barṭāniya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bart.ɑn.ja/

Proper noun

برطانيه • (bartānya) f

1. (ambiguously) Britain, England

Derived terms

• لويه برطانيه (loya bartānya, “Great Britain”)

References

• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “برطانيه”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press