The English name Bactria is derived from the Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Romanized: Baktriani), a Hellenized version of the Bactrian endonym βαχλο (Romanized: Bakhlo).
Analogous names include Avestan Bakhdi, Old Persian Bāxtriš , Middle Persian Baxl, New Persian بلخ (Romanized: Balx), Chinese 大夏 (pinyin: Dàxià), Latin Bactriana and Sanskrit: बाह्लीक (Romanized: Bāhlīka).
The English name Bactria is derived from the Ancient Greek Βακτριανή (Romanized: Baktriani), a Hellenized version of the Bactrian endonym βαχλο (Romanized: Bakhlo). Analogous names include Avestan Bakhdi, Old Persian Bāxtriš , Middle Persian Baxl, New Persian بلخ (Romanized: Balx), Chinese 大夏 (pinyin: Dàxià), Latin Bactriana and Sanskrit: बाह्लीक (Romanized: Bāhlīka).
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