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: bhāsācakāʺ • BGN/PCGN: bathazăga: • Okell: bathasăkà

Noun

ဘာသာစကား • (bhasaca.ka:)

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

Synonyms

• ဘာသာ (bhasa)
• စကား (ca.ka:)

Further reading

• “ဘာသာစကား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.