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Bahasa

//baˈhɑːsə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    the Malay-Indonesian language Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, nonstandard, proscribed
Noun
  1. 1
    the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia wordnet

Etymology

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".

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