svarabhakti

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UK/ˌsvʌrəˈbʌkti/UK/ˌsvæ-/UK/ˌsvɑː-/UK/-bækti/

noun

The epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.

“Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.”

OriginSanskrit स्वरभक्ति →
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Meanings

nounsvarabhakti (usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)

plural svarabhaktis

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesThe epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.

    Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
anaptyxis

Origin

  1. Sanskritस्वरभक्ति“vowel separation”
  2. Englishsvarabhakti

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).

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Translations

Bengali স্বরভক্তি
  • স্বরভক্তি (śorbhokti)epenthesis of a vowel
French svarabhakti
  • svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
German Svarabhakti, Swarabhakti
  • Svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
  • Swarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
Hindi स्वरभक्ति
  • स्वरभक्ति (svarbhakti)epenthesis of a vowel
Indonesian suarabakti, swarabakti
  • suarabaktiepenthesis of a vowel
  • swarabaktiepenthesis of a vowel
Italian svarabacti, svarabhakti
  • svarabactiepenthesis of a vowel
  • svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
Norwegian Bokmål svarabhakti
  • svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
Polish epenteza samogłosek
  • epenteza samogłosekepenthesis of a vowel
Portuguese suarabácti
  • suarabáctiepenthesis of a vowel
Punjabi ਸਵਰਭਕਤੀ
  • ਸਵਰਭਕਤੀ (savrabhaktī)epenthesis of a vowel
Russian сварабха́кти
  • сварабха́кти (svarabxákti)epenthesis of a vowel
Scottish Gaelic fuaimreag-chòmhnaidh
  • fuaimreag-chòmhnaidhepenthesis of a vowel
Spanish svarabhakti
  • svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
Swedish svarabhakti
  • svarabhaktiepenthesis of a vowel
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