English Dictionary

semi-tatsama

noun

(lexicography, Indo-Aryan linguistics) A semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit.

Semi-tatsama is a type of noun in lexicography.

意味（1）

(lexicography, Indo-Aryan linguistics) A semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit.

It will be interesting to note how persistent is the Prakritic or MIA. system of phonetics in NIA., in giving a tadbhava look to recently introduced tatsama words, in pronunciation, and turning them into semi-tatsamas going very close to tadbhavas, actually existing or possible,—although the spelling would scorn to note it: […]