"semi-learned borrowing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semi-learned borrowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semi-learned borrowing (plural semi-learned borrowings)
  1. (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a later one, but partly reshaped based on later sound changes or by analogy with inherited words in the language. These words occur, for example, in the Romance and the Indo-Aryan languages. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: semi-learned loanword, semi-learned loan Related terms: Semi-learned borrowings by language Translations (Translations): halfgeleerde ontlening [feminine] (Dutch), emprunt demi-savant [masculine] (French), halbgelehrte Entlehnung [feminine] (German), अर्धतत्सम (ardhatatsam) [masculine] (Hindi), semicultismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-semi-learned_borrowing-en-noun-jniqjJ2s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hindi terms with redundant transliterations Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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