sandhi
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhí, “junction, union”). Partial piecewise doublet of synthesis and synth.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌndi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑndi/, /ˈsændi/, /ˈsʌndi/
- Homophones: Sunday, sundae
Noun
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sandhi (countable and uncountable, plural sandhis)
- (phonology) 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.
- 1879, R. C. Childers, “On Sandhi in Pali”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Series, Volume 11, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 101:
- Mixed sandhi 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 mixed sandhi are very few, and in the second division are limited to the changes of anusvâra before a vowel.
- 1884, Edward Müller, A Simplified Grammar of the Pali Language, Trübner & Co., page 59:
- The rules on sandhi in Pâli may be divided into rules on vowel-sandhi, and rules on mixed sandhi where a vowel and a consonant are concerned. Consonantal sandhi does not occur in Pâli.
- 2017, Hanbo Yan, The Nature of Variation in Tone Sandhi Patterns of Shanghai and Wuxi Wu, Springer:
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Translations
phonological process
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
sandhi m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “sandhi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Pali
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Etymology
From Sanskrit सन्धि (sandhi) or संधि (saṃdhi).
Noun
sandhi f
Declension
Declension table of "sandhi" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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| Nominative (first) | sandhi | sandhiyo or sandhī |
| Accusative (second) | sandhiṃ | sandhiyo or sandhī |
| Instrumental (third) | sandhiyā | sandhīhi or sandhībhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sandhiyā | sandhīnaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sandhiyā | sandhīhi or sandhībhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sandhiyā | sandhīnaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sandhiyā or sandhiyaṃ | sandhīsu |
| Vocative (calling) | sandhi | sandhiyo or sandhī |
Derived terms
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sandhi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhi).
Pronunciation
Noun
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)