ဘာသာ

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Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). The Burmese meaning of the term was extended to refer to religion or religious affiliation in the mid-1800s during British rule.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဘာ+သာ
  • IPA(key): /bàðà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhasa • ALA-LC: bhāsā • BGN/PCGN: badha • Okell: batha
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Noun

ဘာသာ • (bhasa)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
  2. religion
  3. custom
  4. subject (of academic studies)

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Derived terms

Adverb

ဘာသာ • (bhasa)

  1. (leaving something or someone) alone, by itself, on one's own accord

Further reading

Mon

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Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ဘာသာ (bhāsā)

  1. language[2]
    ဘာသာ မန် ― bhāsā Man ― the Mon language
  2. system of religion[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 1110
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 102

Pali

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Noun

ဘာသာ f

  1. Burmese script form of bhāsā (“language”)

Declension

Declension table of "ဘာသာ" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ဘာသာ (bhāsā)ဘာသာယော (bhāsāyo) or ဘာသာ (bhāsā)
Accusative (second)ဘာသံ (bhāsaṃ)ဘာသာယော (bhāsāyo) or ဘာသာ (bhāsā)
Instrumental (third)ဘာသာယ (bhāsāya)ဘာသာဟိ (bhāsāhi) or ဘာသာဘိ (bhāsābhi)
Dative (fourth)ဘာသာယ (bhāsāya)ဘာသာနံ (bhāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)ဘာသာယ (bhāsāya)ဘာသာဟိ (bhāsāhi) or ဘာသာဘိ (bhāsābhi)
Genitive (sixth)ဘာသာယ (bhāsāya)ဘာသာနံ (bhāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)ဘာသာယ (bhāsāya) or ဘာသာယံ (bhāsāyaṃ)ဘာသာသု (bhāsāsu)
Vocative (calling)ဘာသေ (bhāse)ဘာသာယော (bhāsāyo) or ဘာသာ (bhāsā)
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