bhāṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: basa, baśa
• Hyphenation: bhā‧ṣa

Noun

bhāṣa

1. speech
2. language
3. poem

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦧꦱ (basa) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬪᬵᬱ (basa)

Further reading

• "bhāṣa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.