svarabhakti

svarabhakti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːkti/, /ˌswʌɹəˈbɑːkti/, /-bʌkti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑkti/, /ˌswɑɹəˈbɑkti/

Noun

svarabhakti (usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)

1. (linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.

   Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.

Usage notes

• This term was originally a term of art for vowels phonetically inserted between /r/ or /l/ and a following consonant in Sanskrit; in modern use, it is used for any vowel insertion, regardless of the language or phonetic context.

Derived terms

• svarabhaktic

Related terms

• vyanjanabhakti

Translations

epenthesis of a vowel

Bengali: স্বরভক্তি (sẇrôbhôkti) French: svarabhakti (fr) m German: Svarabhakti f or n, Swarabhakti f or n Gujarati: સ્વરભક્તિ f (svarbhakti) Hindi: स्वरभक्ति (hi) f (svarbhakti) Indonesian: suarabakti, swarabakti (id) Italian: svarabacti m, svarabhakti m Kannada: ಸ್ವರಭಕ್ತಿ (svarabhakti) Marathi: स्वरभक्ती f (svarbhaktī) Nepali: स्वरभक्ति (svarabhakti) Norwegian: Bokmål: svarabhakti (no) m Nynorsk: svarabhakti m Portuguese: suarabácti (pt) m Punjabi: ਸਵਰਭਕਤੀ f (savrabhaktī) Russian: сварабха́кти n (svarabxákti) Sanskrit: स्वरभक्ति (sa) f (svarabhakti) Scottish Gaelic: fuaimreag-chòmhnaidh f Spanish: svarabhakti m Swedish: svarabhakti c Telugu: స్వరభక్తి (svarabhakti)