Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indianisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-di-an-i-sa-tion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act, process or result of Indianising.

Uncountable

noun

The practice, towards the end of the British Raj, of promoting Indian people to more senior positions in the civil service.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French Inde Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Anglo-Norman indienbor. Middle English Indien English Indian English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English Indianisation From Indian + -isation.

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Questions

What does indianisation mean?
The act, process or result of Indianising.
Where does indianisation come from?
Etymology tree Old French Inde Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Anglo-Norman indienbor. Middle English Indien English Indian English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English Indianisation From Indian + -isation.

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