svarabhakti
nounUK /ˌsvʌrəˈbʌkti/ · US /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑkti/
Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Usually The epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.
- Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.
- Derived terms
- svarabhaktic
- Related terms
- vyanjanabhakti