Bahasa

Borrowed from Indonesian and Malay bahasa (“language”), itself from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”), as a shortening of Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia. Compare the use of Irish Béarla (“English”), originally simply meant "language".

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /baˈhɑːsə/

Bahasa

1. (colloquial, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) the Malay-Indonesian language

• “Bahasa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2019.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Bahasa”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

• Sahaba, sahaba

Borrowed from Indonesian Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈhasa/ [bɐˈhaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧sa

Bahasa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜐ) (colloquial)

1. Malay-Indonesian language

   Synonyms: Indones, Malayo

• magbahasa