tadbhava
tadbhavaLiterally 'arisen from that'. A word of Sanskrit origin assimilated to the sound patterns of the borrowing language, as against a tatsama, which is taken over unchanged.
Where this term appears
- Is Sanskrit the mother of all languages? Journal
Sanskrit vocabulary sits inside Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam as tatsama , words taken over unchanged, and tadbhava , words assimilated to the borrowing language's sound patterns.
- Who was allowed to learn Sanskrit? Journal
Its vocabulary settled into Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam as tatsama , words taken over unchanged, and tadbhava , words assimilated to the borrowing language's sound patterns.