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sandhi

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Noun — (linguistics) A change in sound that happens where words or parts of words meet, caused by neighbouring sounds or by grammar.

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒धि (saṃdhí, literally “junction; union”). Partial piecewise doublet of synthesis and synth.

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