Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Compare Bengali ভাষা (bhaśa), Gujarati ભાષા (bhāṣā), Hindi भाषा (bhāṣā), Indonesian bahasa, Javanese basa, Kannada ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe), Lao ພາສາ (phā sā), Malay bahasa, Malayalam ഭാഷ (bhāṣa), Marathi भाषा (bhāṣā), Punjabi ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā), Telugu భాష (bhāṣa), Thai ภาษา (paa-sǎa).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ភាសា
bʰāsā
WT romanisation phiəsaa
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰiə.ˈsaː/

Noun edit

ភាសា (phiəsaa)

  1. language
    ភាសាខ្មែរគឺជាភាសាកំណើតរបស់ជនជាតិខ្មែរនិងជាភាសាផ្លូវការរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
    phiəsaa khmae kɨɨ ciə phiəsaa kɑmnaət rɔbɑh cɔɔn ciət khmae nɨng ciə phiəsaa phləw kaa rɔbɑh prɑteih kampuciə
    Khmer is the native language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia.

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Noun edit

ភាសា f

  1. Khmer script form of bhāsā

Declension edit