LINGUINDIC

< All sanskrit words

bahuvrīhi

A relative or adjective compound in which the last member loses its character of a substantive and together with the first member serves to qualify a noun.

References

Bauer, L (2006), Compound.

Miscellaneous

Linguistic Notions

Compounding

A compound can be defined in very basic terms as a word that is made up of two or more words. Compounds thus show properties of both morphological formation (the whole constitutes a word) and sy...