The story
- Sanskrit · borrowed fromस्वरभक्ति“vowel separation”
- English todaysvarabhakti
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.