भाषा
See also: भीषा
Bhojpuri
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Noun
भाषा (bhāṣā) f (Kaithi 𑂦𑂰𑂭𑂰)
- language
- भोजपुरी भाषा ― bhojapurī bhāṣā ― Bhojpuri language
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱɑː.ʂɑː/, [bʱäː.ʃäː]
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f (Urdu spelling بھاشا)
- language, speech, dialect
- संस्कृत बहुत समृद्ध भाषा है।
- sanskŕt bahut samŕddh bhāṣā hai.
- Sanskrit is a very rich language.
- वह भाषा की उत्पत्ति पर खोज कर रहा है।
- vah bhāṣā kī utpatti par khoj kar rahā hai.
- He is doing research on the origins of language
Declension
Declension of भाषा (fem ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | भाषा bhāṣā | भाषाएँ bhāṣāẽ |
| oblique | भाषा bhāṣā | भाषाओं bhāṣāõ |
| vocative | भाषा bhāṣā | भाषाओ bhāṣāo |
Synonyms
- ज़बान (zabān)
- बोली (bolī)
Derived terms
- देशभाषा (deśbhāṣā)
- परिभाषा (paribhāṣā)
- भारतीय आर्य भाषा (bhārtīya ārya bhāṣā)
- भाषांतर (bhāṣāntar)
- भाषांतरकार (bhāṣāntarkār)
- भाषागत (bhāṣāgat)
- भाषा-परिवार (bhāṣā-parivār)
- भाषाविज्ञान (bhāṣāvigyān)
- भाषावैज्ञानिक (bhāṣāvaigyānik)
- मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā)
- राष्ट्रभाषा (rāṣṭrabhāṣā)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “भाषा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bʱa.ʂa/
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f
- language
- इंग्रजी एक जागतिक भाषा आहे.
- iṅgrajī ek jāgtik bhāṣā āhe.
- English is a global language.
- Synonym: बोली (bolī)
Declension
| Declension of भाषा (bhāṣā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | भाषा bhāṣā | ||
| direct plural | भाषा bhāṣā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | भाषा bhāṣā | भाषा bhāṣā | |
| oblique | भाषे- bhāṣe- | भाषां- bhāṣāN- | |
| dative | भाषेला bhāṣelā | भाषांना bhāṣāNnā | |
| ergative | भाषेने bhāṣene | भाषांनी bhāṣāNni | |
| instrumental | भाषेशी bhāṣeśi | भाषांशी bhāṣāNśi | |
| locative | भाषेत bhāṣet | भाषांत bhāṣāNt | |
| vocative | भाषे bhāṣe | भाषांनो bhāṣāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of भाषा | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | भाषेचा bhāṣeċā | भाषेचे bhāṣece | भाषेची bhāṣeci | भाषेच्या bhāṣeca | भाषेचे, भाषेचं bhāṣece, bhāṣeċa | भाषेची bhāṣeci | भाषेच्या bhāṣeca | |
| plural subject | भाषांचा bhāṣāNċā | भाषांचे bhāṣāNce | भाषांची bhāṣāNci | भाषांच्या bhāṣāNca | भाषांचे, भाषांचं bhāṣāNce, bhāṣāNċa | भाषांची bhāṣāNci | भाषांच्या bhāṣāNca | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- अधिकृत भाषा (adhikrut bhāṣā, “official language”)
- जन्मभाषा (janmabhāṣā)
- देवभाषा (devbhāṣā)
- बालभाषा (bālbhāṣā)
- बोलीभाषा (bolībhāṣā, “colloquial language”)
- भाषाकुळ (bhāṣākuḷ, “language family”)
- भाषाविज्ञान (bhāṣāvidnyān, “linguistics”)
- भाषावैज्ञानिक (bhāṣāvaidnyānik, “linguist”)
- भाषाशैली (bhāṣāśailī)
- भाषांतर (bhāṣāntar, “translation”)
- भाषांतरकार (bhāṣāntarkār, “translator”)
- मातृभाषा (mātrubhāṣā, “mother tongue”)
- राज्यभाषा (rājyabhāṣā, “state language”)
- राष्ट्रभाषा (rāṣṭrabhāṣā, “national language”)
- संस्कृत भाषा (sauskrut bhāṣā, “Sanskrit language”)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʱä̤sä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: भासा
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā)
- language
- Synonym: कुरा (kurā)
Declension
| Declension of भाषा | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| nominative | भाषा [bʱäsä] | भाषाहरू [bʱäsä̤ːɾu] | |
| accusative | भाषालाई [bʱäsäläi] | भाषाहरूलाई [bʱäsä̤ːɾuläi] | |
| instrumental/ergative | भाषाले [bʱäsäle] | भाषाहरूले [bʱäsä̤ːɾule] | |
| dative | भाषालाई [bʱäsäläi] | भाषाहरूलाई [bʱäsä̤ːɾuläi] | |
| ablative | भाषाबाट [bʱäsäbäʈʌ] | भाषाहरूबाट [bʱäsä̤ːɾubäʈʌ] | |
| genitive | भाषाको [bʱäsäko] | भाषाहरूको [bʱäsä̤ːɾuko] | |
| locative | भाषामा [bʱäsämä] | भाषाहरूमा [bʱäsä̤ːɾumä] | |
Notes:
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Newar
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʱasa]
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā)
- language
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f
- talk, utterance
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬪᬵᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- ভাষা (Assamese script)
- ভাষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰯𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀸𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌭𑌾𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ભાષા (Gujarati script)
- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦨꦴꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- ភាឞា (Khmer script)
- ಭಾಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ຠາຩາ (Lao script)
- ഭാഷാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘥𑘰𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᢗᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᢨᠠ᠊ᠠᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဘာၑာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧅𑧑𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐵𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଭାଷା (Oriya script)
- ꢩꢵꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆳𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖯𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- භාෂා (Sinhalese script)
- భాషా (Telugu script)
- ภาษา (Thai script)
- བྷཱ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒰𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHṣaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHšaH (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-. Cognate with Latin fās. Related to the verb भाषति (bhāṣati).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɑ́ː.ʂɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbʱɑː.ʂɑː/
Noun
भाषा • (bhā́ṣā) f
- speech, language (especially common, vernacular or vulgar speech, as opposed to Vedic or in later times to Sanskrit, as the refined speech)
- any Prakrit dialect or a particular group of 5 of them (namely माहाराष्ट्री (māhārāṣṭrī), शौरसेनी (śaurasenī), मागध (māgadha), प्राच्या (prācyā) and अवन्ति (avanti), also called पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā))
- description, definition
- (law) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint
- name of Saraswati
- (music) name of रागिणी (rāgiṇī)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of भाषा (bhā́ṣā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | भाषा bhā́ṣā | भाषे bhā́ṣe | भाषाः bhā́ṣāḥ |
| Vocative | भाषे bhā́ṣe | भाषे bhā́ṣe | भाषाः bhā́ṣāḥ |
| Accusative | भाषाम् bhā́ṣām | भाषे bhā́ṣe | भाषाः bhā́ṣāḥ |
| Instrumental | भाषया / भाषा¹ bhā́ṣayā / bhā́ṣā¹ | भाषाभ्याम् bhā́ṣābhyām | भाषाभिः bhā́ṣābhiḥ |
| Dative | भाषायै bhā́ṣāyai | भाषाभ्याम् bhā́ṣābhyām | भाषाभ्यः bhā́ṣābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | भाषायाः bhā́ṣāyāḥ | भाषाभ्याम् bhā́ṣābhyām | भाषाभ्यः bhā́ṣābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | भाषायाः bhā́ṣāyāḥ | भाषयोः bhā́ṣayoḥ | भाषाणाम् bhā́ṣāṇām |
| Locative | भाषायाम् bhā́ṣāyām | भाषयोः bhā́ṣayoḥ | भाषासु bhā́ṣāsu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- देवभाषा (devabhāṣā)
- पालिभाषा (pālibhāṣā)
- भाषाकुमुदमञ्जरी (bhāṣākumudamañjarī)
- भाषाकौमुदी (bhāṣākaumudī)
- भाषाचित्रक (bhāṣācitraka)
- भाषाज्ञ (bhāṣājña)
- भाषानुशासन (bhāṣānuśāsana)
- भाषान्तर (bhāṣāntara)
- भाषापरिच्छेद (bhāṣāpariccheda)
- भाषापाद (bhāṣāpāda)
- भाषाप्रकाशिका (bhāṣāprakāśikā)
- भाषामञ्जरी (bhāṣāmañjarī)
- भाषारत्न (bhāṣāratna)
- भाषार्णव (bhāṣārṇava)
- भाषालीलावती (bhāṣālīlāvatī)
- भाषाविवृतिगीता (bhāṣāvivṛtigītā)
- भाषावृत्ति (bhāṣāvṛtti)
- भाषावृत्त्यर्थवृत्ति (bhāṣāvṛttyarthavṛtti)
- भाषासम (bhāṣāsama)
- भाषासमिति (bhāṣāsamiti)
Descendants
Terms inherited from भाषा (bhāṣā)
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑀸 (bhāsā)
- Dardic:
- Dameli: [script needed] (bâṣa, “language”)
- Shina: بݜ (baṣ)
- → Domaaki: [script needed] (bāṣ)
- Shina: بݜ (baṣ)
- Dameli: [script needed] (bâṣa, “language”)
- Eastern:
- Bengali: ভাস (bhas)
- Bihari:
- Maithili: भास (bhās)
- Chakma: 𑄞𑄌𑄴 (bhāc)
- Northern:
- Garhwali: भाख (bhākh)
- Kumaoni: भाश
- Nepali: भास (bhās)
- Southern:
- Elu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ބަސް (bas, “language”)
- Sinhalese: බහ (baha, “word, saying”)
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
- Konkani: भास (bhās)
- Elu Prakrit:
- Central:
- Chhattisgarhi: भाखा (bhākhā)
- Dardic:
Terms borrowed from भाषा (bhāṣā)
- Pali: bhāsā
- → Burmese: ဘာသာ (bhasa)
- → Isan: ภาษา (páa-sǎa)
- → Khmer: ភាសា (phiəsaa)
- → Khün: ᨽᩣᩈᩣ
- → Northern Thai: ᨽᩣᩈᩣ
- → Lao: ພາສາ (phā sā)
- → Lü: ᦘᦱᦉᦱ (phaaṡaa)
- → Mon: ဘာသာ (pʰesa)
- → Northern Thai: ᨽᩣᩇᩣ (bhasa)
- → Shan: ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa)
- → Thai: ภาษา (paa-sǎa)
- → Acehnese: بهسا (bahsa)
- → Assamese: ভাষা (bhaxa)
- → Badaga: பாஷை (pāṣai)
- → Balinese: ᬩᬲ (basa)
- → Banjarese: بهاس (bahasa)
- → Bengali: ভাষা (bhaṣa)
- → Betawi: bahasa
- → Buginese: ᨅᨔ (basa)
- → Cia-Cia: bahasa / 바하사 (bahasa)
- → Dogri: bhāśā
- Devanagari: भाशा
- Dogra: 𑠡𑠬𑠧𑠬
- → Fiji Hindi: भाषा (bhāṣā), bhasa
- → Gujarati: ભાષા (bhāṣā)
- → Hindi: भाषा (bhāṣā)
- → Ilocano: basa
- → Kachchi: ભાષા (bhāṣā) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe)
- → Old Javanese: bhāṣa
- Javanese: ꦧꦱ (basa)
- → Balinese: ᬪᬵᬱ (basa)
- → Madurese: بَهاسَ (basa)
- → Maguindanao: bahasah
- → Makasar: ᨅᨔ (basa)
- → Malay: bahasa (بهاس)
- Indonesian: bahasa, basa
- → Dutch: bahasa
- → English: Bahasa (with Malay bahasa)
- → English: Bahasa (with Indonesian bahasa)
- Pattani Malay: بهاس (bahasa)
- Indonesian: bahasa, basa
- → Malayalam: ഭാഷ (bhāṣa)
- → Marathi: भाषा (bhāṣā)
- → Maranao: basa
- → Minangkabau: باسو (baso)
- → Nepali: भाषा (bhāṣā)
- → Newar: भाषा (bhāṣā)
- → Northern Khmer: พซา
- → Oriya: ଭାଷା (bhaṣa)
- → Punjabi: ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā)
- → Sinhalese: භාෂාව (bhāṣāwa)
- → Sundanese: ᮘᮞ (basa)
- → Tamil: பாஷை (pāṣai), பாசை (pācai)
- → Tausug: bahasa
- → Telugu: భాష (bhāṣa)
- → Tulu: ಬಾಸೆ (bāse)
- → Urdu: بھاشا (bhāśā)
- → Yakan: bahasa
- → Proto-Nuristani:
- Waigali: [script needed] (bāṣ, “word”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भाषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0755.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 540