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noun
A Sanskrit learned loanword used in a South Asian language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: learned borrowing
History
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तत्सम (tatsama). Tatsama was originally employed to refer to those inherited Prakrit words that were identical in form with Sanskrit; later it came to refer to learned loans introduced into the post-Prakritic speech as well. Traditionally, the term was used for both inherited words that were unmodified in form, and learned words. However from a strict linguistic point of view, the term refers only to learned borrowings from Sanskrit.
Across languages
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