单词 | bhasha |
释义 | bhashan. Any of the vernacular languages or dialects of South Asia (esp. India), now often as contrasted with English. ΚΠ 1791 Asiatick Researches 2 51 Hundreds of Pársì nouns are pure Sanscrit, with no other change than such as may be observed in numerous bháshà's, or vernacular dialects of India. 1880 A. F. R. Hoernle Gram. Eastern Hindi Introd. p. xl The relation of these two bháshás is analogous to that of English or rather of the South-German dialects as spoken in the towns or by the educated and the same as in the mouth of the village peasantry. 1993 B. Simon in B. R. Hertel & C. A. Hines Hindu Relig. in Cultural Context ix. 248 ‘The bhasha of Kashi is Hindi.’.. ‘But, isn't there another bhasha people use around here?’ 2002 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Mar. 15/3 On average, the festival's bhasha writers..were older than their English-language counterparts. 2008 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. The stuff I've read in English from Urdu, like with most other bhasha fiction, is always so complaining or kitchen sink-gloomy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1791 |
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