sandhi

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhi, “joining”).

Noun

sandhi (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

Derived terms

• external sandhi
• internal sandhi
• tone sandhi

Translations

sandhi

• Arabic: سندهي (ar) (sand-hi) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 連音 (cmn), 连音 (cmn) (liányīn)

• Finnish: sandhi-ilmiö (fi), sandhi (fi)
• French: sandhi (fr) m

• German: Sandhi (de) n
• Japanese: 連音 (ja) (れんおん, ren'on)
• Polish: sandhi (pl) n
• Russian: сандхи (ru) (sándxi) n (indeclinable)
• Sanskrit: संधि (sa) (saṃ-dhí)

Anagrams

• danish, Danish

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑ̃di/, X-SAMPA: /sA~di/

Noun

sandhi m (usually uncountable)

1. (linguistics) sandhi

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Polish

Etymology

From Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhi, “joining”).

Noun

sandhi n (indeclinable)

1. sandhi