Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sanskritism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: san-skritism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or phrase borrowed from Sanskrit for modern usage in India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere, especially in various Indo-Aryan languages.

Example Sentences

"My opinion as regards Bengali is that Primary Instruction for the lower classes of people, who are for the most part ethnically allied to the Hindoos should be in the Bengali language, purified, however, from the super-structure of Sanskritism of learned Hindoos and supplemented by the numerous words of Arabic and Persian origin..."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sanskrit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sanskritism From Sanskrit + -ism.

Inflected Forms

Sanskritisms (plural)

Synonyms

Prakritism

Questions

What does sanskritism mean?: A word or phrase borrowed from Sanskrit for modern usage in India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere, especially in various Indo-Aryan languages.
Where does sanskritism come from?: Etymology tree English Sanskrit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sanskritism From Sanskrit + -ism.

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