Where does “bahasa” come from?

bahasa (Indonesian) comes from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

bahasa (Indonesian): language; decorum, appropriate social behavior

Definitions

  1. language; decorum, appropriate social behavior

Ancestry of “bahasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
2Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
3Sanskritभाष—

Words derived from “bahasa”

Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Malay bahasa →