Sanskritize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
To influence a non-Sanskrit language by Sanskritic vocabulary.
To emulate rituals and practices of upper classes so as to gain upward social mobility.

/ˈsɑːnskɹɪtaɪz/ /ˈsæn-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sanskritize.wav /ˈsænskɹɪtaɪz/

Sanskritize Sanskritizes Sanskritizing Sanskritized Sanskritise

From Sanskrit + -ize.

Sanskrit Sanskritic Sanskritist

Sanskritization Sanskritized

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