ภาษา

Isan

Etymology

From Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Khmer ភាសា (phiəsaa), Khün ᨽᩣᩈᩣ, Lao ພາສາ (phā sā), Malay bahasa, Shan ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰáː sǎː/

Noun

ภาษา (transliteration needed)

  1. language

Northern Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

As for this word in Thai.

Noun

ภาษา • (paa sǎa)

  1. language

Thai

Etymology

From Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Khmer ភាសា (phiəsaa), Khün ᨽᩣᩈᩣ, Lao ພາສາ (phā sā), Malay bahasa, Shan ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa).

Pronunciation

Orthographicภาษา
bʰ ā ʂ ā
Phonemic
พา-สา
b ā – s ā
RomanizationPaiboonpaa-sǎa
Royal Institutepha-sa
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰaː˧.saː˩˩˦/(R)
Audio

Noun

ภาษา • (paa-sǎa) (classifier ภาษา)

  1. language (form of communication using words: spoken, gestured, or written).
    ไทย  ―  paa-sǎa tai  ―  Thai language
    อังกฤษ  ―  paa-sǎa ang-grìt  ―  English language
    ภาษาพูด  ―  paa-sǎa-pûut  ―  spoken language
    ภาษามือ  ―  paa-sǎa-mʉʉ  ―  sign language
  2. language (computer language).
    จาวา  ―  paa-sǎa jaa-wâa  ―  Java language
    ซี  ―  paa-sǎa sii  ―  C language
  3. (archaic) a minority that speaks a certain language.
  4. (figurative) any matter, content, or story that is understood by the people discussing it.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Nyah Kur: พาซา (phaa saa)
  • → Urak Lawoi': พาซา (phasa)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.