Vrddhi

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /ˈvɹɪ.di/

Alternative forms

• vriddhi
• vá¹›ddhi

Origin

From Sanskrit वृद्धि ("growth, increase").

Full definition of vrddhi

Noun

1. (linguistics, linguistic morphology) The strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.
• 2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell 2004, p. 117:Sometimes a vrddhi-derivative was formed from a zero-grade and involved the insertion of the full-grade vowel in the “wrong” place.
2. (Sanskrit grammar) A group of long vowels.

Derived terms

• vrddhied