svarabhaktic

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UK/ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/UK/ˌswʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/UK/-bʌktɪk/US/ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/

adjective

Of or relating to svarabhakti.

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Meanings

adjectivesvarabhaktic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to svarabhakti.

    [Informant] also repeated ják̄iʃ. This ja is very uncertain − probably she said svarabhaktic e

    1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes
    1 more example

    Not previously mentioned is the svarabhaktic glide which in a few instances was present between r and another consonant.

    1942 March 2, Joseph Sargent Hall, “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, section 13, page 106

Origin

From svarabhakti + -ic.

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svarabhaktic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/svarabhaktic

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Chicago

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