Category: languagePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
भाषा
/bhāṣā/Roman
English meaning: language, speech
Sanskrit Definition
(संस्कृतम्)मनुष्याणां परस्परं संवादार्थं प्रयुज्यमाना वाक्प्रणाली।
English Definition
A structured system of communication used by a people or nation.
Example
“संस्कृतम् देवानां भाषा इति कथ्यते।”
In English: “Sanskrit is called the language of the gods.”
Synonyms
- वाक्
- वाणी
Antonyms / Opposites
- मौनम्
Literary Heritage
“मन्दः कवियशः प्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम्। प्रांशुलभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः।।”
/Mandah kaviyashah prarthhi gamishyamyupahasytam. Pramshu-labhe phale lobhadud-bahur iva vamanah./
“Feeble-minded yet aspiring to a poet's fame, I go to be ridiculed — like a dwarf reaching for high fruit.”
“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्यपराक्रमः”
/Ramo vigrahavan dharmah sadhuh satya-parakramah/
“Rama is righteousness incarnate — virtuous and true in valour.”
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Language information
- Language
- संस्कृतम्
- Sanskrit
- Script
- Devanagari
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
- Speakers
- 5M