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Definition of Bahuvrihi
1. Noun. (linguistics) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part can be used alone while retaining the intended meaning. Examples include (term redcoat), (term bluestocking) and (term lowlife). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bahuvrihi
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bahuvrihi
Literary usage of Bahuvrihi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman Letters Throughout by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"The next class, called bahuvrihi by native grammarians, comprises compounds which
are used as adjectives. The notion expressed by the last word, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: For the Use of by Horace Hayman Wilson (1847)
"bahuvrihi Compounds. 282. Two or more words, or two or more compound terms, may
be put together to form the attribute or epithet of an object. ..."
3. Second Book of Sanskrit: Being a Treatise on Grammar, with Exercises by Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (1881)
"T or 5ff with a substantive when used as an adjective is a bahuvrihi ... When the
last word of a bahuvrihi ends in 35, or is a feminine noun ending in ir or ..."
4. On the Deficiencies in the Present Administration of Hindu Law: Being a by Theodor Goldstuecker (1871)
"The phrase ' those (sacraments) which are preceded by the sacrament of speech'
is represented (in Sanskrit) by (one word which is) a bahuvrihi (or ..."
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