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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्व- (sva-), from स्व (sva, “its own”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation
Prefix
स्व- • (sva-)
- self-, auto-
- चालित (cālit, “driven”) + स्व- (sva-) → स्वचालित (svacālit, “automatic”)
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