tadbhava
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
Example Sentences
- "However, beyond lexis, the Macmillan range includes other adaptations, such as IPA encoding which reflects Indian English pronunciation, and etymologies that distinguish between "tatsama" and "tadbhava" terms, based on McGregor (1992)."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तद्भव (tadbhava).