sandhi

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowingfromSanskritसंधि(saṃdhí,junction, union).Partialpiecewise doubletofsynthesisandsynth.

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sandhi(countableanduncountable,pluralsandhis)

  1. (phonology)Any of a wide variety ofphonologicalprocesses that occur atmorphemeorwordboundaries, such as thefusionof sounds across word boundaries and thealterationof sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.
    • 1879,R. C. Childers, “OnSandhiin 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:
      Mixedsandhihas 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 mixedsandhiare very few, and in the second division are limited to the changes ofanusvârabefore a vowel.
    • 1884,Edward Müller,A Simplified Grammar of the Pali Language,Trübner & Co.,page59:
      The rules onsandhiin Pâli may be divided into rules on vowel-sandhi,and rules on mixedsandhiwhere a vowel and a consonant are concerned. Consonantalsandhidoes not occur in Pâli.

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French

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sandhim(uncountable)

  1. (linguistics)sandhi

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromSanskritसन्धि(sandhi)orसंधि(saṃdhi).

Noun

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sandhif

  1. union
  2. junction
  3. joint
  4. connection
  5. agreement
  6. sandhi

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References

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sandhi”,inPali-English Dictionary‎,London: Chipstead

Polish

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PolishWikipediahas an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowingfromSanskritसंधि(saṃdhi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈsan.txi/
  • Rhymes:-antxi
  • Syllabification:san‧dhi

Noun

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sandhin(indeclinable)

  1. (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)

Further reading

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  • sandhiin Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • sandhiin PWN's encyclopedia