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SANDHI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sandhi mean?
• SANDHI (noun)
The noun SANDHI has 1 sense:
1. the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)
Familiarity information: SANDHI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sandhi" is a kind of...):
articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)
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