bahasa

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Etymology

From Indonesian bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Noun

bahasa (Hangul spelling 바하사)

  1. language

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian bahasa, ultimately from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.ɦaː.saː/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

bahasa n (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, Netherlands) Indonesian language.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈha.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

bahasa

  1. language
    2. a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication
    3. a sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field
    4. the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does
    5. a body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate
    6. the particular words used in a speech or a passage of text
    7. (computing) a computer language; a machine language
      Synonyms: bahasa komputer, bahasa mesin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: bahasa
  • → English: Bahasa (along with Malay bahasa)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ba.hə.sa], [ba.ha.sa]
    • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ba.hə.sə], [ba.ha.sə]
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

bahasa (Jawi spelling بهاس, plural bahasa-bahasa, informal 1st possessive bahasaku, 2nd possessive bahasamu, 3rd possessive bahasanya)

  1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
    bahasa Melayu ― Malay (language)
  2. speech
  3. good manners
    Synonyms: sopan santun, adab

Affixations

Compounds

Descendants

References

  • Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 18

Further reading

Tausug

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Noun

bahasa

  1. language
    Malapal tuud siya magbissara sin bahasa Anggalis sabab sadja siya magbassa.
    He is very fluent in the English language because he always reads alot.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia.

Noun

bahasa

  1. Malay-Indonesian language
    Maingat hi Jamila magbissara sin bahasa.
    Jamila knows how to speak Malay and Indonesian language.
Derived terms

Yakan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

Noun

bahasa

  1. language

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia.

Noun

bahasa

  1. Malay-Indonesian language
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