bahasa

See also: Bahasa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian bahasa, eventually from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.ɦaː.saː/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧sa

Noun

bahasa n (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, Netherlands) Indonesian language.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Noun

bahasa (plural bahasa-bahasa, first-person possessive bahasaku, second-person possessive bahasamu, third-person possessive bahasanya)

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

Derived terms

Descendants


Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

Noun

bahasa (Jawi spelling بهاس, plural bahasa-bahasa, informal first-person possessive bahasaku, informal second-person possessive bahasamu, third-person possessive bahasanya)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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