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urword

urword is the alternative form of ur-word.

Meaning of ur-word

Noun

ur-word (plural ur-words)

  1. An original or primal word; a protoword.
    • As "neither linguistically conceived experience nor speech-less experience," but rather as "the experience of the removal of the word" and in unity with the experience of the birth of the word," the "Ur-word" would correspond accordingly to the "Ur-sentence", [...]1997, Fritz Buri, The Buddha-Christ As the Lord of the True Self

Forms of urword

pluralurwords

Origin of urword

From ur- + word.

Questions about urword

What is urword the alternative form of?
Urword is the alternative form of ur-word.

Words near urword in the dictionary

  1. urvans
  2. urvantsevite
  3. urvas
  4. Urvashi
  5. Urvi
  6. urword
  7. urwords
  8. Ury
  9. Uryevick
  10. Urysohn's lemma
  11. urz begee

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