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vrddhi

vrddhi is the alternative spelling of vṛddhi.

Meaning of vṛddhi

Noun

vṛddhi (countable and uncountable, plural vṛddhis)

  1. The strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.
    • Sometimes a vrddhi-derivative was formed from a zero-grade and involved the insertion of the full-grade vowel in the “wrong” place.2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell 2004, page 117

Forms of vrddhi

pluralvrddhis

Questions about vrddhi

What is vrddhi the alternative spelling of?
Vrddhi is the alternative spelling of vṛddhi.

Words near vrddhi in the dictionary

  1. Vrbje
  2. vrbl
  3. Vrbovec
  4. Vrbovsko
  5. VRBs
  6. vrddhi
  7. vrddhied
  8. vrddhis
  9. VRE
  10. Vredenburg
  11. vredenburgite

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