பாசை

See also: பசு and பிசி

Tamil

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”). Compare Malayalam ഭാഷ (bhāṣa), Kannada ಭಾಷೆ (bhāṣe), Telugu భాష (bhāṣa).

Alternative forms

பாடை (pāṭai) — nonstandard, rare, archaic
பாஷா (pāṣā), பாஷை (pāṣai) — tatsama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːt͡ɕɐɪ̯/, [baːsɐɪ̯]

Noun

பாசை • (pācai)

dialect, speech, language
Synonyms: மொழி (moḻi), பேச்சு (pēccu), வழக்கு (vaḻakku)

Etymology 2

From பாசி (pāci). Cognate with Kannada ಪಾಚಿ (pāci), Telugu పాచి (pāci), Tulu ಪಾಚಿ (pāci).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːt͡ɕɐɪ̯/, [paːsɐɪ̯]

Noun

பாசை • (pācai)

moss

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “பாசை”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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