51Թ

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svarabhakti

[sfahr-ah-bahk-tee, svuh-ruh-buhk-ti]

noun

Linguistics.

  1. the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation for German Landsknecht

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of svarabhakti1

1875–80; < Sanskrit: vowel segment (inserted in particular environments)

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