Bactrianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbaktrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈbæktriən/

Etymology: < Greek Βακτριανός, Latin Bactriānus.

Of or belonging to Bactria, an ancient country of central Asia, lying between the Hindu-Kush and the Oxus. Also n., a native of this country. Bactrian camel, the two-humped camel of central Asia; also Bactrian, ellipt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Central Asia

Bactrian1601

Mongolian1706

Mongol1763

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun]

Bactrian1601

Cilician1768

Assyrian1815

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus ferus (two-humped camel)

Bactrian1601

snow-camel1901

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxiii. 131 This country lieth overagainst the Bactrians.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 92 All those [camels] which are in India, are saide by Didimus to be bred in the Mountaines of the Bactrians,..and these are worthily called Bactrians, because they were first of all conceiued among them.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 94 They want hornes (I meane both the Arabian and Bactrian Camell).

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iv. 137 O'er Bukor, Cabul, and the Bactrian vales.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 728/1 The Bactrians differed little in their manners from the Nomades.

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 207/2 The priests of Mithras..offered him..their Bactrian dromedaries, if he chose to depart.

1877 G. Rawlinson Orig. Nations (1883) vi. 21 Iranic civilization, of that or the Medes, the Persians, and..the Bactrians.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 276 The double humped camel, also called the ‘Bactrian’, is found in Turkestan, and throughout central Asia.

1912 H. G. Rawlinson Bactria i. 15 The Bactrians were famous for their pithy proverbial sayings.

1927 W. J. Turner Aesthetes 14 On a Bactrian Horse, T'ang period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bactrian
释义	Bactrianadj.n. Brit. /ˈbaktrɪən/, U.S. /ˈbæktriən/ Etymology: < Greek Βακτριανός, Latin Bactriānus. Of or belonging to Bactria, an ancient country of central Asia, lying between the Hindu-Kush and the Oxus. Also n., a native of this country. Bactrian camel, the two-humped camel of central Asia; also Bactrian, ellipt. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Central Asia Bactrian1601 Mongolian1706 Mongol1763 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun] Bactrian1601 Cilician1768 Assyrian1815 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Camelus > camelus ferus (two-humped camel) Bactrian1601 snow-camel1901 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxiii. 131 This country lieth overagainst the Bactrians. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 92 All those [camels] which are in India, are saide by Didimus to be bred in the Mountaines of the Bactrians,..and these are worthily called Bactrians, because they were first of all conceiued among them. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 94 They want hornes (I meane both the Arabian and Bactrian Camell). 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iv. 137 O'er Bukor, Cabul, and the Bactrian vales. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 728/1 The Bactrians differed little in their manners from the Nomades. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 207/2 The priests of Mithras..offered him..their Bactrian dromedaries, if he chose to depart. 1877 G. Rawlinson Orig. Nations (1883) vi. 21 Iranic civilization, of that or the Medes, the Persians, and..the Bactrians. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 276 The double humped camel, also called the ‘Bactrian’, is found in Turkestan, and throughout central Asia. 1912 H. G. Rawlinson Bactria i. 15 The Bactrians were famous for their pithy proverbial sayings. 1927 W. J. Turner Aesthetes 14 On a Bactrian Horse, T'ang period. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1601
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