Bahasa
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See also: bahasa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia. Compare the use of Irish Béarla (“English”), originally simply meant "language".
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /baˈhɑːsə/
Proper noun
Bahasa
- (colloquial) the Malay-Indonesian language
References
- “Bahasa, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2019. - John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Bahasa”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈhasa/
- Rhymes: -asa
- Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧sa
Proper noun
Bahasa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜐ) (colloquial)
- Malay-Indonesian language
- Synonym: Indones