As a deity name
Name 754 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 287 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 445 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
भाषा · noun · feminine
व्यक्त नाद की वह समष्टि जिसकी सहायता से किसी एक समाज या देश के लोग अपने मनोगत भाव तथा विचार एक दूसरे पर प्रकट करते हैं । मुख से उच्चारित होनेवाले शब्दों और वाक्यों आदि का वह समूह जिनके द्वारा मन की बात बतलाई जाती है । बोली । जबान । वाणी · किसी विशेष जनसमुदाय में प्रचलित बातचीत करने का ढंग । बोली । जैसे, ठगों की भाषा, दलालों की भाषा · वह अव्यक्त नाद जिससे पशु, पक्षी आदि अपने मनोविकार या भाव प्रकट करते हैं । जैसे, बंदरों की भाषा — Śabdasāgara
भाषा · feminine
language, speech
Cited formation "भाषा" is भाष + -आ: भाष means "भाषा । शब्द । वाणी", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "भाषा" is भाषना + -आ: भाषना means "अ॰ [सं॰ भक्षण] भोजन करना । खाना", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "भाषा" is भाष + -आ: भाष means "भाषा । शब्द । वाणी", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā). Doublet of भासा (bhāsā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
speech, language (esp. common or vernacular speech, as opp. to Vedic or in later times to Sanskṛt)
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Dictionary citations
bhāṣā f. speech, language (esp. common or vernacular speech, as opp. to Vedic or in later times to Sanskṛt), Nir.; Pāṇ.; Mn.; MBh.
any Prākṛt dialect or a partic. group of 5 of them (viz. Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī, Māgadhī, Prācyā, and Avantī, also called Pañca-vidhā Bhāṣā; cf. under prākṛta, p. 703), Cat.
description, definition, Bhag.
(in law) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint, Dhūrtas.; Yājñ., Sch.
N. of Sarasvatī, L.
Alternative readings
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