sandhi

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

san=dhi

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sandhi has 1 sense

sandhi(n = noun.communication) - the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech);

is a kind of

articulation

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sandhi, n. Gram. the process whereby the form of a word changes as a result of its position in an utterance (e.g. the change from a to an before a vowel).

Etymology

Skr. samdhi putting together