Learned borrowing fromSanskritसंधि(saṃdhí,“junction, union”). Partialpiecewise doublet ofsynthesis andsynth.
sandhi (countable anduncountable,pluralsandhis)
- (phonology) Any of a wide variety ofphonological processes that occur atmorpheme orword boundaries, such as thefusion of sounds across word boundaries and thealteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.
1879, R. C. Childers, “OnSandhi in Pali”, inJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Series, Volume 11,Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,page101:Mixedsandhi has two divisions, viz. when a word ending in a vowel is followed by a word beginning with a consonant, and when a word ending in a consonant is followed by a word beginning with a vowel. Cases of mixedsandhi are very few, and in the second division are limited to the changes ofanusvâra before a vowel.
1884, Edward Müller,A Simplified Grammar of the Pali Language, Trübner & Co.,page59:The rules onsandhi in Pâli may be divided into rules on vowel-sandhi, and rules on mixedsandhi where a vowel and a consonant are concerned. Consonantalsandhi does not occur in Pâli.
sandhi m (uncountable)
- (linguistics)sandhi
FromSanskritसन्धि(sandhi) orसंधि(saṃdhi).
sandhi f
- union
- junction
- joint
- connection
- agreement
- sandhi
Declension table of "sandhi" (feminine)
Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “sandhi”, inPali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Learned borrowing fromSanskritसंधि(saṃdhi).Doublet ofsąd.
sandhi n (indeclinable)
- (phonology)sandhi(any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words)
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