sandhi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈsændi/ /ˈsʌndi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sandhi.wav /ˈsɑndi/ /s̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱí/

Word forms

sandhi sandhis saṃdhi sundhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒धि (saṃdhí, literally “junction; union”). Partial piecewise doublet of synthesis and synth.

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