ဘာသာစကား • (bhasaca.ka:) (Romanization: MLCTS: bhasacaka: • ALA-LC: bhāsācakā″ • BGN/PCGN: bathazăga: • Okell: bathazăgà)
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.