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tadbhava en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तद्भव (tadbhava).

Meanings

  1. A word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
    • 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). 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 298:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tadbhavas Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

tatsama · semi-tatsama

Translations (5)

bn তদ্ভব (a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan) · ml തദ്ഭവം (a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan) · hi तद्भव (a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan) · sa तद्भव (a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan) · te తద్భవము (a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan)