ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BAHUVRIHI
From Sanskrit bahuvrīhi, itself this type of compound, from bahu much + vrīh rice.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAHUVRIHI»
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Cross-disciplinary Issues in Compounding
I have labelled the major types: Bahuvrihi, Synthetic, Transpositional, Exocentric
co-compounds, and Metaphorical. 2. Bahuvrihi There is no surprise in having
bahuvrihi compounds as one of the types of exocentric compound – or at least, ...
Sergio Scalise, Irene Vogel, 2010
2
The Astadhyayi of Panini
Why do we say "when signifying a direction" ? The next sutra will enjoin that in
bahuvrihi compounds, these words are not treated as pronomi- nals. Therefore, if
in the present sutra, we had not used the word ftqr, it would have been
impossible ...
3
The Ashtádhyáyí of Pánini
This refers to those Bahuvrihi compounds in which the penultimate is not elided.
Of the Bahuvrihi compounds which lose their penultimate letter, it is optional to
employ this affix or not ; as it will be taught in IV. 1. 28. Thus nq4^ ' possessed of ...
B. (1) Bahuvrihi-. The bahuvrIhi or possessive compounds contain the same
elements and in the same order as the karmadharaya and tatpurusa compounds
but differ in meaning in that the compound functions as an adjective qualifying
some ...
5
Aspects of the History of English Language and Literature: ...
English (see 5.2.6-7. below), bahuvrihi nouns were rare. The small group of
bahuvrihi plant names, moreover, is probably due to Latin influence; see 4.7.
above. The type became more productive in Middle English. (10) Thus most
composition ...
Osamu Imahayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Michiko Ogura, 2010
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Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of ...
Thus, bahuvrihi compounds have some kind of an identifying function. Marchand
provides the following explanation for the origins of bahuvrihi compounds: they
were used very early in Indo-European languages, primarily for namegiving, but
...
7
A Rapid Sanskrit Method
means "un-" or "non-," as in adharma, non-dharma, the opposite of dharma. dus-.
This is the antonym of su-. As the first element of a bahuvrihi it means "having
bad B," "having difficult B." An example is duskarman, "having bad deeds [
karman].
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Pronouns, Presuppositions, and Hierarchies: The Work of ...
TRANSITIVITY IN YAQUI POSSESSIVE SENTENCES Another interesting
typological property of Yaqui and some other UtoAztecan languages is the
presence of “bahuvrihi” possessive sentences. The term “bahuvrihi” is from
Sanskrit grammar ...
Andrew Carnie, Assistant Professor of Linguistics Andrew Carnie, Heidi Harley, 2014
(6) M^tf becomes ^I^at the end of a bahuvrihi. (7) 1^ becomes ifa* when
preceded by <jf?T, 5, §*ftf or by a term of comparison. (8) becomes 1T<i.when
preceded by a term of comparison, a number or g I (9) All bahuvrlhis may take the
suffix ...
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Pāṇini, Re-interpreted
Upapada Compounds . Substitution and augmentation . Gender of Tatpurusa .
Samasanta Sufiixes p . Sarnasanta Suffixes peculiar to Tatpurusa . Bahuvrihi .
Vyadhikarana Bahuvrihi . Pradipfirvapada Bahuvrihi . Samasanta Suffixes
Pertaining ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAHUVRIHI»
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MAHAKAAL LORD SHIVA
Mahākāla is a Sanskrit bahuvrihi of mahā (महत्; "great") and kāla (काल; "black"). The literal Tibetan translation is "Nagpo Chenpo" (Tibetan: ... «SpeakingTree, Jun 13»
