单词 | bosniak |
释义 | Bosniakn.adj. A. n. A Bosnian; (now) spec. a Bosnian Muslim.After the Wars of Yugoslav Succession (1991–5), Bosniak became the usual appellation of Bosnian Muslims, and is now largely restricted to this meaning; inhabitants of Bosnia considered without regard to religious and ethnic identification are usually referred to as Bosnians. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of former Yugoslavia > [noun] > parts of Ragusian1569 Ragusan1585 Bosnian1594 Bosniak1680 Montenegrin1779 Herzegovinian1849 Montenegran1857 Herzegovinese1862 Serbo-Croatian1862 Istrian1880 1680 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire 168 On the Turks side were slain that day..Ali-begh, General of Bosna,..fifteen hundred Bosnacks, eight hundred Albanians, six hundred Croats and Hungarians of the Turks Subjects. 1711 R. Sutton Despatch 6 Apr. in A. N. Kurat Despatches Sir Robert Sutton (1953) 45 The Bosnacs and Albaneses..are the bravest and best men. 1738 Expos. Common Prayer 21 June It's reported, that the 20000 Bosniacks which were assembled near Zwornick, had Orders to march towards Widdin, as it's thought, to reinforce the Army. 1790 Hist. Mag. Feb. 36/2 The Ragusans are stiled Giausus, that is to say, spies. The Bosniacs, or inhabitants of Bosnia, Potur, or assassins on the highway. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 231/1 The inhabitants of Bosnia are composed of Bosniaks, a race of Sclavonian origin. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 257/1 The Bosnians, or Bosniaks,..are partly Mohammedans..and partly of the Greek and Roman Catholic Churches. 1886 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 146 All this petty persecution has made Austrian rule odious among the Bosniacs. 1942 Times 23 July 3/3 Pavelitch's wretched régime, which is becoming more and more dependent for local assistance on the Moslem Bosniaks. 1999 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide I. i. 31/2 Bosnia-Herzegovina..has a population of about five million, three million of whom are Muslims (many of whom prefer to use the less religiously loaded term Bosniac to refer to themselves). 2011 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 7 Nov. If the politicians had their way, Bosniaks would have to pass to a Bosniak, Serbs to Serbs, Croats to Croats. But that's not how football works. B. adj. Bosnian; of or relating to Bosnia or Bosnians; (now) spec. designating a Bosnian Muslim; of or relating to Bosnian Muslims.For information on current usage, see the note at sense A. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of former Yugoslavia > [adjective] > parts of Istrian1607 Bosniak1753 Montenegrian1769 Herzegovinian1826 Montenegrin1840 Herzegovinese1870 1753 R. Rolt Mem. Life J. Lindesay iii. ii. 244 The Bosniac troops, which had encamped on the heighth of the Saave, broke up this morning. 1787 tr. U. F. de Suhm Let. in Frederick II of Prussia Familiar & Friendly Corr. 273 The Duke of Courland..permitted me to chuse from among the Bosniac prisoners. 1845 A. A. Paton Servia xv. 169 I think that somebody told me that Vaaz, or preaching, is held in the Bosniac language at Seraievo. 1858 Times 19 May 9/6 The Bosniac Spahi is hot-tempered and passionate: careless of his own life, he is indifferent about that of others. 1918 W. S. Davis et al. Roots of War xxii. 486 The murderer was a wretched Bosniak youth of South Slav blood but a subject of Austria and not a Serbian citizen. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Dec. 30/2 Bosnian government parts are becoming increasingly Bosniak, or, to use the misleading term, Muslim. 2012 Amer. Scholar Autumn 7/1 The guide, a young Bosniak man with worried eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1680 |
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