Sandhi

Origin

From Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhi, "joining").

Full definition of sandhi

Noun

1. (linguistics) A cover term for a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

Derived terms

• external sandhi
• internal sandhi
• tone sandhi

Anagrams

• danish, Danish