ဘာသာစကား

Burmese

Etymology

A compound of ဘာသာ (batha) +‎ စကား (zăga:). Both elements mean "language", but ဘာသာ (batha) is a loanword from Pali, while စကား (zăga:) is a native Burmese word.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bàθàzəɡá]

Noun

ဘာသာစကား (Romanization: MLCTS: bhasacaka: | ALA-LC: bhāsācakā″ | BGN/PCGN: bathazăga: | Okell: bathazăgà)

1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)

Synonyms

• ဘာသာ (batha)
• စကား (zăgà)