tadbhava

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तद्भव (tadbhava).

Noun

tadbhava (plural tadbhavas)

1. (lexicography) A word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan through a Prakrit used in a modern Indo-Aryan language.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 298:

     However, beyond lexis, the Macmillan range includes other adaptations, such as IPA encoding which reflects Indian English pronunciation, and etymologies that distinguish between "tatsama" and "tadbhava" terms, based on McGregor (1992).

Coordinate terms

• tatsama
• semi-tatsama

Translations

a word inherited from Old Indo-Aryan

• Hindi: तद्भव (tadbhav)
• Sanskrit: तद्भव (sa) (tadbhava)
• Telugu: తద్భవము (te) (tadbhavamu)