| 词汇 | bahuvrihi |
| 词源 | bahuvrihi. Heavy-handed and redcoat are examples of this grammatical term first recorded in about 1850. The first half of these compound words is an adjective describing the noun coming after it. The term comes from Sanskrit, the ancient Indo-European language of India. In Sanskrit bahu means “much,” and vrihi means “rice,” bahuvrihi meaning “much- rice.” Thus, one of the examples of the term is also the name of the term. |
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