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semi-tatsamas

semi-tatsamas is the plural of semi-tatsama.

Meaning of semi-tatsama

Noun

semi-tatsama (plural semi-tatsamas)

  1. (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...1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, page 200

Questions about semi-tatsamas

What is semi-tatsamas the plural of?
Semi-tatsamas is the plural of semi-tatsama.

Words near semi-tatsamas in the dictionary

  1. semi-sweet
  2. semi-syllabaries
  3. semi-syllabary
  4. semi-syllabic
  5. semi-tatsama
  6. semi-tatsamas
  7. semi-totalistic
  8. semi-tractor
  9. semi-tractors
  10. semi-trailer
  11. semi-trailer truck

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