Bahasa

Bahasa is a Sanskrit word भाषा bhāṣā "spoken language". In many modern languages in South Asia and Southeast Asia which have been influenced by Sanskrit or Pali, bahasa and cognate words is now used to mean "language" in general. In Southeast Asia, these include:

The Malay language, or Bahasa Melayu; called Bahasa Indonesia as the national language of Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia as the national language of Malaysia
The Javanese language, or Basa Jawa, also Basa Jawi
The Sundanese language, or Basa Sunda
The Tausug language, or Bahasa Sūg
The Betawi language, or Bahasa Betawi
The Cia-Cia language, or Bahasa Ciacia (바하사 찌아찌아)
The Khmer language, or Phiesa Khmae (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
The Lao language, or Phasa Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
The Thai language, or Phasa Thai (ภาษาไทย )
Malaysian Sign Language, or Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia
Kod Tangan Bahasa Malaysia (Malay language Hand Code), or Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan Bahasa
Bahasa Rojak, a form of code-switching
Indonesian slang, sometimes referred to as Bahasa gaul or Bahasa prokem
Indonesian language, sometimes referred to simply as Bahasa by English speakers

Translation

The word "Bahasa" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Swedish.

Translation in Arabic: بهاسا (توضيح).