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भाषा
भाषा
See also: भीषा
Hindi
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f (Urdu spelling بھاشا)
- language, speech, dialect
- संस्कृत बहुत समृद्ध भाषा है।
- sanskŕt bahut samŕddh bhāṣā hai.
- Sanskrit is a very rich language.
- वह भाषा की उत्पत्ति पर खोज कर रहा है।
- vah bhāṣā kī utpatti par khoj kar rahā hai.
- He is doing research on the origins of language
- संस्कृत बहुत समृद्ध भाषा है।
Declension
| Declension of भाषा | ||
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| direct | भाषा (bhāṣā) | भाषाएँ (bhāṣāẽ) |
| oblique | भाषा (bhāṣā) | भाषाओं (bhāṣāon) |
| vocative | भाषा (bhāṣā) | भाषाओ (bhāṣāo) |
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References
- Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.
Marathi
Etymology
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f
Derived terms
- जन्मभाषा (janmabhāṣā)
- देवभाषा (devbhāṣā)
- बालभाषा (bālbhāṣā)
- संस्कृत भाषा (sanskŕt bhāṣā)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the verbal root भाषति (bhāṣati, “to speak, talk, say, tell”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bhāṣā (“language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-. Cognate with Latin fās.
Noun
भाषा • (bhāṣā) f
- speech, language (especially common, vernacular or vulgar speech, as opposed to Vedic or in later times to Sanskrit, as the refined speech)
- any Prakrit dialect or a particular group of 5 of them (namely माहाराष्ट्री (māhārāṣṭrī), शौरसेनी (śaurasenī), मागध (māgadha), प्राच्या (prācyā) and अवन्ति (avanti), also called पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā))
- description, definition
- (law) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint
- name of Saraswati
- (music) name of रागिणी (rāgiṇī)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of भाषा | |||
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| Nom. sg. | भाषा (bhāṣā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | भाषा (bhāṣā) | भाषे (bhāṣe) | भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ) |
| Vocative | भाषे (bhāṣe) | भाषे (bhāṣe) | भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ) |
| Accusative | भाषाम् (bhāṣām) | भाषे (bhāṣe) | भाषाः (bhāṣāḥ) |
| Instrumental | भाषया (bhāṣayā) | भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām) | भाषाभिः (bhāṣābhiḥ) |
| Dative | भाषायै (bhāṣāyai) | भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām) | भाषाभ्यः (bhāṣābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ) | भाषाभ्याम् (bhāṣābhyām) | भाषाभ्यः (bhāṣābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | भाषायाः (bhāṣāyāḥ) | भाषयोः (bhāṣayoḥ) | भाषाणाम् (bhāṣāṇām) |
| Locative | भाषायाम् (bhāṣāyām) | भाषयोः (bhāṣayoḥ) | भाषासु (bhāṣāsu) |
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Related terms
- प्राकृत (prākṛta)
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References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0755