भाषा

See also: भीषा

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

भाषा (bhāṣā) f

language
भोजपुरी भाषा ― bhojapurī bhāṣā ― Bhojpuri language

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.ʂɑː/

Noun

भाषा • (bhāṣā) f (Urdu spelling بھاشا‎)

language, speech, dialect
संस्कृत बहुत समृद्ध भाषा है।
sanskŕt bahut samŕddh bhāṣā hai.
Sanskrit is a very rich language.

वह भाषा की उत्पत्ति पर खोज कर रहा है।
vah bhāṣā kī utpatti par khoj kar rahā hai.
He is doing research on the origins of language

Declension

Declension of भाषा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	भाषा (bhāṣā)	भाषाएँ (bhāṣāẽ)
Oblique	भाषा (bhāṣā)	भाषाओं (bhāṣāon)
Vocative	भाषा (bhāṣā)	भाषाओ (bhāṣāo)

Synonyms

ज़बान (zabān)
बोली (bolī)

Derived terms

Derived Terms

देशभाषा (deśbhāṣā)
परिभाषा (paribhāṣā)
भारतीय आर्य भाषा (bhārtīya ārya bhāṣā)
भाषांतर (bhāṣāntar)
भाषांतरकार (bhāṣāntarkār)
भाषागत (bhāṣāgat)
भाषा-परिवार (bhāṣā-parivār)
भाषाविज्ञान (bhāṣāvigyān)
भाषावैज्ञानिक (bhāṣāvaigyānik)
मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā)
राष्ट्रभाषा (rāṣṭrabhāṣā)

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “भाषा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

भाषा • (bhāṣā) f

language

Derived terms

जन्मभाषा (janmabhāṣā)
देवभाषा (devbhāṣā)
बालभाषा (bālbhāṣā)
संस्कृत भाषा (sanskrut bhāṣā)

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

भाषा • (bhāṣā), pronounced भासा (bhāsā)

language

Newari

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

भाषा (bhāṣā)

language

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā)

Noun

भाषा (transliteration needed) f

talk, utterance

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬪᬵᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
ভাষা (Assamese script)
ভাষা (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰯𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀸𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌭𑌾𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
ભાષા (Gujarati script)
ꦨꦴꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
ಭಾಷಾ (Kannada script)
ဘာၑာ (Burmese script)
ଭାଷା (Oriya script)
ꢩꢵꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆳𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖯𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
భాషా (Telugu script)
བྷཱཥཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒰𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHṣaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHšaH (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-. Cognate with Latin fās. Related to the verb भाषति (bhāṣati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː.ʂɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.ʂɑː/

Noun

भाषा • (bhā́ṣā) f

speech, language (especially common, vernacular or vulgar speech, as opposed to Vedic or in later times to Sanskrit, as the refined speech)
any Prakrit dialect or a particular group of 5 of them (namely माहाराष्ट्री (māhārāṣṭrī), शौरसेनी (śaurasenī), मागध (māgadha), प्राच्या (prācyā) and अवन्ति (avanti), also called पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā))
description, definition
(law) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint
name of Saraswati
(music) name of रागिणी (rāgiṇī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of भाषा
Nom. sg.	भाषा (bhāṣā)
Gen. sg.	भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भाषा (bhāṣā)	भाषे (bhāṣe)	भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ)
Vocative	भाषे (bhāṣe)	भाषे (bhāṣe)	भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ)
Accusative	भाषाम् (bhāṣām)	भाषे (bhāṣe)	भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ)
Instrumental	भाषया (bhāṣayā)	भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām)	भाषाभिः (bhāṣābhiḥ)
Dative	भाषायै (bhāṣāyai)	भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām)	भाषाभ्यः (bhāṣābhyaḥ)
Ablative	भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ)	भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām)	भाषाभ्यः (bhāṣābhyaḥ)
Genitive	भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ)	भाषयोः (bhāṣayoḥ)	भाषाणाम् (bhāṣāṇām)
Locative	भाषायाम् (bhāṣāyām)	भाषयोः (bhāṣayoḥ)	भाषासु (bhāṣāsu)

Compounds

देवभाषा (devabhāṣā)
पालिभाषा (pālibhāṣā)
भाषाकुमुदमञ्जरी (bhāṣākumudamañjarī)
भाषाकौमुदी (bhāṣākaumudī)
भाषाचित्रक (bhāṣācitraka)
भाषाज्ञ (bhāṣājña)
भाषानुशासन (bhāṣānuśāsana)
भाषान्तर (bhāṣāntara)
भाषापरिच्छेद (bhāṣāpariccheda)
भाषापाद (bhāṣāpāda)
भाषाप्रकाशिका (bhāṣāprakāśikā)
भाषामञ्जरी (bhāṣāmañjarī)
भाषारत्न (bhāṣāratna)
भाषार्णव (bhāṣārṇava)
भाषालीलावती (bhāṣālīlāvatī)
भाषाविवृतिगीता (bhāṣāvivṛtigītā)
भाषावृत्ति (bhāṣāvṛtti)
भाषावृत्त्यर्थवृत्ति (bhāṣāvṛttyarthavṛtti)
भाषासम (bhāṣāsama)
भाषासमिति (bhāṣāsamiti)

Related terms

प्राकृत (prākṛta)

Descendants

Chakma: 𑄞𑄌𑄴 (bhāc)
Chhattisgarhi: भाखा (bhākhā)
Garhwali: भाख (bhākh)
Pali: bhāsā
- → Burmese: ဘာသာ (bhasa)
- → Khmer: ភាសា (phiəsaa)
- → Lao: ພາສາ (phā sā)
- → Lü: ᦘᦱᦉᦱ (phaaṡaa)
- → Mon: ဘာသာ (pʰesa)
- → Northern Thai: ᨽᩣᩇᩣ (bhasa)
- → Shan: ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa)
- → Thai: ภาษา (paa-sǎa)
→ Acehnese: بهسا‎ (bahsa)
→ Assamese: ভাষা (bhaxa)
→ Badaga: பாஷை (pāṣai)
→ Balinese: ᬩᬲ (basa)
→ Banjarese: بهاس‎ (bahasa)
→ Bengali: ভাষা (bhaṣa)
→ Betawi: bahasa
→ Buginese: ᨅᨔ (basa)
→ Cia-Cia: bahasa
→ Dogri: भाशा (bhāśā) / 𑠡𑠬𑠧𑠬 (bhāśā)
→ Dhivehi: ބަސް‎ (bas)
→ Fiji Hindi: भाषा (bhāṣā), bhasa
→ Gujarati: ભાષા (bhāṣā)
→ Hindi: भाषा (bhāṣā)
→ Ilocano: basa
→ Kannada: ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe)
→ Old Javanese: [script needed] (bhāṣa)
- Javanese: ꦧꦱ (basa)
→ Madurese: بَهاسَ‎ (basa)
→ Makasar: ᨅᨔ (basa)
→ Malay: bahasa
- → English: Bahasa (with Indonesian bahasa)
- Indonesian: bahasa
  - → Dutch: bahasa
  - → English: Bahasa (with Malay bahasa)
- Pattani Malay: بهاس‎ (bahasa)
→ Malayalam: ഭാഷ (bhāṣa)
→ Marathi: भाषा (bhāṣā)
→ Maranao: basa
→ Minangkabau: باسو‎ (baso)
→ Nepali: भाषा (bhāṣā)
→ Newari: भाषा (bhāṣā)
→ Oriya: ଭାଷା (bhaṣa)
→ Punjabi: ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāshā)
→ Sinhalese: භාෂාව (bhāṣāva)
→ Sundanese: ᮘᮞ (basa)
→ Tamil: பாசை (pācai), பாஷை (pāṣai)
→ Telugu: భాష (bhāṣa)
→ Tulu: ಬಾಸೆ (bāse)
→ Urdu: بھاشا‎ (bhāśā)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “भाषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0755.

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