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Bahasa

UK/baˈhɑːsə/

Bahasa proper noun: the Malay-Indonesian language.

Proper noun

Bahasa

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, nonstandard, proscribed) the Malay-Indonesian language

Origin of 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".

Phrases with Bahasa

Questions about Bahasa

What does Bahasa mean?
Bahasa means the Malay-Indonesian language.
What part of speech is Bahasa?
Bahasa is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bahasa?
Bahasa is pronounced /baˈhɑːsə/ (UK).

Words near Bahasa in the dictionary

  1. baharat
  2. bahareque
  3. Baharlu
  4. Baharna Arabic
  5. bahars
  6. Bahasa
  7. Bahasa Indonesia
  8. Bahasa Malaysia
  9. Bahatyr
  10. Bahau
  11. Bahauddin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bahasa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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