ᨽᩣᩈᩣ

See also: ဘာသာ and ᦘᦱᦉᦱ

Khün

"ᨽᩣᩈᩣ" in Tai Tham script, used by Northern Thai, Lü, Khün, and Pali

Etymology

From Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Bengali ভাষা (bhaśa), Gujarati ભાષા (bhāṣā), Hindi भाषा (bhāṣā), Indonesian bahasa, Javanese basa, Kannada ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe), Khmer ភាសា (pʰiesaa), Lao ພາສາ (phā sā), Malay bahasa, Malayalam ഭാഷ (bhāṣa), Marathi भाषा (bhāṣā), Punjabi ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā), Shan ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa), Telugu భాష (bhāṣa), Thai ภาษา (paa-sǎa).

Pronunciation

• (Kengtung) IPA^(key): /pʰaː˧˧.saː˧˨˥/

Noun

ᨽᩣᩈᩣ (transliteration needed)

1. language

Derived terms

• ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨡ᩠ᨶᩨ

Lü

Alternative forms

• ᦘᦱᦉᦱ (phaaṡaa)

Noun

ᨽᩣᩈᩣ • (transliteration needed)

1. language

Derived terms

• ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨴᩱ᩠ᨿ᪁᪂ᨻ᩠ᨶᩢᨶᩣ

Northern Thai

Alternative forms

• ᨽᩣᩇᩣ
• ภาสา
• ภาษา

Etymology

From Pali bhāsā and Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Bengali ভাষা (bhaśa), Gujarati ભાષા (bhāṣā), Hindi भाषा (bhāṣā), Indonesian bahasa, Javanese basa, Kannada ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe), Khmer ភាសា (pʰiesaa), Lao ພາສາ (phā sā), Malay bahasa, Malayalam ഭാഷ (bhāṣa), Marathi भाषा (bhāṣā), Punjabi ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā), Shan ၽႃႇသႃႇ (phàa sàa), Telugu భాష (bhāṣa), Thai ภาษา (paa-sǎa).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᨽᩣᩈᩣ
Phonemic		พา-สา b ā – s ā
Romanization	Paiboon	paa-sǎa
	Royal Institute	pha-sa
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/pʰaː˧.saː˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/pʰaː˧˧˦.saː˩˩˧/

Noun

ᨽᩣᩈᩣ • (transliteration needed)

1. language

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• bhāsā (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• भासा (Devanagari script)
• ভাসা (Bengali script)
• භාසා (Sinhalese script)
• ဘာသာ or ꧤႃသႃ (Burmese script)
• ภาสา (Thai script)
• ຠາສາ (Lao script)
• ភាសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

ᨽᩣᩈᩣ f

1. Tai Tham script form of bhāsā (“language”)

Declension

Declension table of "ᨽᩣᩈᩣ" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣ (bhāsā)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿᩮᩣ (bhāsāyo) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣ (bhāsā)
Accusative (second)	ᨽᩣᩈᩴ (bhāsaṃ)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿᩮᩣ (bhāsāyo) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣ (bhāsā)
Instrumental (third)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿ (bhāsāya)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᩉᩥ (bhāsāhi) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨽᩥ (bhāsābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿ (bhāsāya)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨶᩴ (bhāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿ (bhāsāya)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᩉᩥ (bhāsāhi) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨽᩥ (bhāsābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿ (bhāsāya)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨶᩴ (bhāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿ (bhāsāya) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿᩴ (bhāsāyaṃ)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᩈᩩ (bhāsāsu)
Vocative (calling)	ᨽᩣᩈᩮ (bhāse)	ᨽᩣᩈᩣᨿᩮᩣ (bhāsāyo) or ᨽᩣᩈᩣ (bhāsā)