Bartangi

noun

Bar·​tangi

bärˈtäŋē

plural Bartangi or Bartangis

1

: an Iranian people from the Bartang river valley in the western Pamirs

2

: a member of the Bartangi people

Word History

Etymology

from the Bartang river valley, Tadzhik S.S.R., U.S.S.R.

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