ภาษา

Thai

Etymology

From Pali bhasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Bengali ভাষা (bhasha), Gujarati બાશા (bāśā), Hindi भाषा (bhāṣā), Indonesian bahasa, Javanese basa, Kannada ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe), Khmer ភាសា (pīăsā), Lao ພາສາ (phaa-saa), Malay bahasa, Malayalam ഭാഷ (bhāṣa), Marathi भाषा (bhāṣā), Punjabi ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā), Telugu భాష (bhāṣa).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pʰɑː.sɑː/

Noun

ภาษา • (paasăa)

1. language
2. speech
3. words

Derived terms

• ภาษาไทย
• ภาษาเขมร