ဘာသာစကား

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

A compound of ဘာသာ (bhasa) +‎ စကား (ca.ka:). Both elements mean ‘language’, but ဘာသာ (bhasa) is a loanword from Pali, while စကား (ca.ka:) is a native Burmese word.

Pronunciation edit

Phonetic respelling: ဘာသာဇ'ဂါး
IPA^(key): /bàθàzəɡá/
Romanization: MLCTS: bhasaca.ka: • ALA-LC: bhāsācakāʺ • BGN/PCGN: bathazăga: • Okell: bathasăkà

Noun edit

ဘာသာစကား • (bhasaca.ka:)

language (system of communication using words or symbols)

Synonyms edit

ဘာသာ (bhasa)
စကား (ca.ka:)