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Hindi
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from देव (dev, “god”) + भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪eːʋ.bʱɑː.ʂɑː/,
Proper noun
देवभाषा • (devbhāṣā) f
- divine language, the language of the gods
- यहूदी मतानुसार, इब्रानी ही देवभाषा है। ― yahūdī matānusār, ibrānī hī devbhāṣā hai. ― Per the Jewish faith, Hebrew is the language of God.
- (rare, formal) the Sanskrit language
Declension
Declension of देवभाषा (sg-only fem ā-stem)
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देवभाषा
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Further reading
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From देव (deva, “god”) + भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), literally “language of the gods”; adapted from Hindi देवभाषा (devbhāṣā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
देवभाषा • (devabhāṣā) stem, f
- (New Sanskrit) Sanskrit
1987, Pramananda Jha, Mahākavikālidāsakāvyeṣu prakṛtiviśleṣaṇam, page 35:...संस्कृतभाषा प्रारम्भे "भाषा" नाम्ना कथ्यतेस्म पश्चाच्च देवभाषा इति शब्देनाभिहिताऽभवत्- ...saṃskṛtabhāṣā prārambhe "bhāṣā" nāmnā kathyatesma paścācca devabhāṣā iti śabdenābhihitāʼbhavat
- The Sanskrit language was initially know by the name "Bhāṣā" ; later it was given the appellation Devabhāṣā .
- Sārasvatī-sushamā, volume 51, Vārāṇaseya Saṃskṛta Viśvavidyālaya, 1996, page 305: “...तेषां संव्यवहारे प्रयुज्यमाना भाषा देवभाषा ― the language they use for their business is Sanskrit”
1984, Devkant Jha, Sanskrit Vyakaran Aur Rachna, Motilal Banarsidass, page 114:एषा देवभाषा यथा प्राचीनतमा तथैव समृद्धतमा च- eṣā devabhāṣā yathā prācīnatamā tathaiva samṛddhatamā ca
- This Sanskrit language is as perfect as it is ancient.
Declension