Bahasa

<i>Bhāṣā</i>

Bhāṣā

Word for "language" derived from Sanskrit

For other uses, see Bhasa (disambiguation) and Basa (disambiguation).

Bhāṣā (or one of its derived forms) is the word for "language" in many South and Southeast Asian languages, which derives from the Sanskrit word bhāṣā (भाषा) meaning "speech" or "spoken language". In transliteration from Sanskrit or Pali, bhasa may also be spelled bhasa, basa, or phasa.

Look up भाषा, bhasa, bhāsā, bahasa, or Bahasa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

The word Bahasa in English is sometimes used to refer specifically to the Malay language (including Indonesian and Malaysian standards), this standalone usage however is considered incorrect within the language:[1] when referring to other languages, a non-capitalized bahasa ("language") is used preceding a toponym or ethnonym (e.g. bahasa Ingg[e]ris "English", bahasa Italia "Italian").[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bahasa Indonesia: The Indonesian Language," George Quinn, Australian National University
  2. [2]
    Wilkinson, Richard James (1932). "bahasa". A Malay-English dictionary (romanised). Vol. I. Mytilene: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis. pp. 65–6 – via TROVE.
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