????? (bhaakhiaa)
Meaning: noun: Speech, language.
Quote:
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khatreeaa ta dharam chho?iaa �malechh bhaakhiaa gahee.
The Kshatriyas have abandoned their dharma and adopted the language of the �uncivilized�. -Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, 663
Message: This verse comments on the conduct of people during Guru Nanak�s era. Under the Mughal rule, the Hindus were forgetting their mother tongue, customs and dress, and �adopting the foreigners� language� etc. even though they called them �malechh� (literally, uncivilized, non-Aryans or non-Hindus).
This message also applies to us, in the sense that we are also adopting Western culture and customs and forsaking our own language and heritage.
Etymology: Modification of�bhaakhaa,�from Sanskrit bhaashaa (speech) ? Pali ? Prakrit�bhaasaa�(speech, language) ? Old Punjabi�bhaakhaa.
