Definition of Bahasa

1. Noun. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.

Exact synonyms: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesian
Generic synonyms: Malay
Specialized synonyms: Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bahasa

Baghdadian
Baghdadis
Bagirmi
Bagolini
Bagolini test
Baha
Bahai
Bahaism
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
Bahamian
Bahamian dollar
Bahamians
Baharna Arabic
Bahasa (current term)
Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Kebangsaan
Bahasa Malaysia
Bahasa Melayu
Bahia
Bahian
Bahktinian
Bahman
Bahrain
Bahrain Island
Bahrain dinar
Bahraini

Literary usage of Bahasa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized) by Richard James Wilkinson (1908)
"... bahasa, an interpreter ; j. balu and j. tinggi petty officers on a ship ; j. masak, a cook; j. tulis, a writer, a clerk. ..."

2. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1895)
"Both the Orang Bukit and the Orang Lant have languages of their own; that of the former being the " Bahasa Blandas"and that of the latter the " Bahasa ..."

3. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"(in Bahasa Indonesia). Nussbaum, R., Anderson, J. and Spencer, T. 1994. Factors limiting the growth ... (in Bahasa Indonesia). Sasaki, S. and Mori, T. 1981. ..."

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