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"ref": "2004, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, “Introduction”, in Indo-European Language and Culture, page 8",
"roman": "- Sir William Jones, 2 February, 1786, at the Asiatick Society.",
"text": "The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps no longer exists...",
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"A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism."
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"Buddhism",
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"Sikhism",
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"Jainism",
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"code": "om",
"lang": "Afan Oromo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Saaniskiriit"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "sansəkrit",
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"word": "ሳንስክሪት"
},
{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَنْسْكْرِيتِيّ"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "language",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "sanscrito"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "սանսկրիտ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xoṅskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "সংস্কৃত"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sánscritu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "sanskrýt",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "санскры́т"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śoṅskrito",
"sense": "language",
"word": "সংস্কৃত"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "bpy",
"lang": "Bishnupriya Manipuri",
"sense": "language",
"word": "সংস্কৃত"
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{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sañskriteg"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sanskrít",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "санскри́т"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "sangsa.ka.ruik",
"sense": "language",
"word": "သင်္သကရိုက်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "sakka.ta.",
"sense": "language",
"word": "သက္ကဋ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "sakka.ta.",
"sense": "language",
"word": "သက္ကတ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sànscrit"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "language",
"word": "pinulongang Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "faan⁶ jyu⁵",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵语"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "Fan-ngî",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵语"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "Hôan-gí, Hôan-gú",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "梵语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fànyǔ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵语"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "³ve-nyy",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵语"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrytek"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "san̊sk̊ritt̊",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ސަންސްކްރިއްތް"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskriet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskriti keel"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskriitti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sánscrito"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sansḳriṭi",
"sense": "language",
"word": "სანსკრიტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "sanskritisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sanskritiká",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "σανσκριτικά"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "sãskŕt",
"sense": "language",
"word": "સંસ્કૃત"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sanskrít",
"sense": "language",
"word": "סַנְסְקְרִיט"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sanskŕt",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "szanszkrit"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sanskrít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "bahasa Sanskerta"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanscrito"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanscrait"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanscrito"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sansukuritto",
"sense": "language",
"word": "サンスクリット"
},
{
"alt": "ぼんご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bongo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "梵語"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "basa Sangskreta"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "saṃskṛta",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sangaskulíta"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "سَنٛسکرِت"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "санскрит"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sangskrət",
"sense": "language",
"word": "សំស្ក្រឹត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sanseukeuriteueo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "산스크리트어"
},
{
"alt": "梵語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beomeo",
"sense": "language",
"word": "범어"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sak ta",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ສັກຕະ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lingua Sanscrita"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrits"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lengua sànscrïa"
},
{
"code": "li",
"lang": "Limburgish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskriet"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskritas"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "санскрит"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrity"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "saṁskr̥taṁ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "സംസ്കൃതം"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sauskŕt",
"sense": "language",
"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "samgardi",
"sense": "language",
"word": "самгарди"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanscritotlahtōlli"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sanskr̥t",
"sense": "language",
"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "new",
"lang": "Newar",
"roman": "saṃskr̥ta",
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"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sanscrit"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "sôṁskrutô",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ସଂସ୍କୃତ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sânskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "سانسکریت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskryt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sânscrito"
},
{
"code": "inc-pra",
"lang": "Prakrit",
"roman": "sakkaya",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀬"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrit simi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "limba sanscrită"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sanskrít",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "санскри́т"
},
{
"code": "sgs",
"lang": "Samogitian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanskrita kalba"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "saṃskṛta",
"sense": "language",
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"neuter"
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"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "devabhāṣā",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "देवभाषा"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "са̀нскртскӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sànskrtskī"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanscritu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sànscritu"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "language",
"word": "سنسڪرت"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrt"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sánscrito"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "basa Sangsakerta"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Kisanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "camacukirutam",
"sense": "language",
"word": "சமசுகிருதம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṁskr̥tamu",
"sense": "language",
"word": "సంస్కృతము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṁskr̥taṁ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "సంస్కృతం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎn-sà-grìt",
"sense": "language",
"word": "สันสกฤต"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"english": "legs sbyar",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ལེགས་སྦྱར"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "legs sbyar skad",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ལེགས་སྦྱར་སྐད"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sanskrýt",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "санскри́т"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سنسکرت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "tiếng Phạn"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sanskrít",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "санскри́т"
},
{
"code": "sgs",
"lang": "Samogitian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanskrita kalba"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "saṃskṛta",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "संस्कृत"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "devabhāṣā",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "देवभाषा"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "са̀нскртскӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "sànskrtskī"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanscritu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sànscritu"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "language",
"word": "سنسڪرت"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrt"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sanskrt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sánscrito"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "basa Sangsakerta"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Kisanskrit"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrito"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "camacukirutam",
"sense": "language",
"word": "சமசுகிருதம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṁskr̥tamu",
"sense": "language",
"word": "సంస్కృతము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṁskr̥taṁ",
"sense": "language",
"word": "సంస్కృతం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎn-sà-grìt",
"sense": "language",
"word": "สันสกฤต"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"english": "legs sbyar",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ལེགས་སྦྱར"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "legs sbyar skad",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ལེགས་སྦྱར་སྐད"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskrit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sanskrýt",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "санскри́т"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سنسکرت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "language",
"word": "tiếng Phạn"
},
{
"code": "rmy",
"lang": "Vlax Romani",
"sense": "language",
"word": "संस्कृतीकानी"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sinanskrit"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sansgrit"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Sanskryt"
},
{
"code": "pnb",
"lang": "Western Panjabi",
"roman": "snskrt",
"sense": "language",
"word": "سنسکرت"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "sanskrit",
"sense": "language",
"word": "סאַנסקריט"
}
],
"word": "Sanskrit"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English learned borrowings from Sanskrit",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
"English terms derived from Sanskrit",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Languages"
],
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"2": "sa",
"3": "संस्कृत",
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"tr": "saṃskṛtá"
},
"expansion": "Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃskṛtá, “perfected, prepared, constructed, refined”)",
"name": "lbor"
}
],
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"word": "Prakrit"
},
{
"word": "Wiktionary’s coverage of Sanskrit terms"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"Relating to Sanskrit."
],
"links": [
[
"Sanskrit",
"#Noun"
]
],
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{
"word": "Sanskritic"
}
],
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"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsænskɹɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sanskrit.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Sanskrit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Sanskrit.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Sanskrit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Sanskrit.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
"word": "Sanscrit"
},
{
"word": "Samskrit"
},
{
"word": "Sunscrit"
},
{
"word": "Sunskrit"
},
{
"word": "Shanscrit"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "Shanskrit"
},
{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "Skt."
}
],
"word": "Sanskrit"
}
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