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Panini's law

Panini's law proper noun: one of the basic principles describing the position of words and phrases in a sentence, stating that a shorter phrase will precede a longer phrase where possible.

Proper noun

Panini's law

  1. One of the basic principles describing the position of words and phrases in a sentence, stating that a shorter phrase will precede a longer phrase where possible.
    Synonyms:
    Behaghel's laws

Synonyms of Panini's law

  • Behaghel's laws

Origin of Panini's law

Named after the ancient Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini.

Questions about Panini's law

What does Panini's law mean?
Panini's law means one of the basic principles describing the position of words and phrases in a sentence, stating that a shorter phrase will precede a longer phrase where possible.
What part of speech is Panini's law?
Panini's law is a proper noun.

Words near Panini's law in the dictionary

  1. paninflammatory
  2. paning
  3. Paningayan
  4. panings
  5. panini
  6. Panini's law
  7. Paninian
  8. paninis
  9. panino
  10. panins
  11. panintestinal

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