ဘာသာစကား

Burmese

Etymology

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

Phonetic respelling: ဘာသာဇ'ဂါး

IPA^(key): /bàθàzəɡá/

Romanization: MLCTS: bhasaca.ka: • ALA-LC: bhāsācakā″ • BGN/PCGN: bathazăga: • Okell: bathasăkà

Noun

ဘာသာစကား • (bhasaca.ka:)

language (system of communication using words or symbols)

Synonyms

ဘာသာ (bhasa)
စကား (ca.ka:)

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