"semi-tatsama" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semi-tatsamas [plural]
Etymology: From semi- + tatsama. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|semi|tatsama}} semi- + tatsama Head templates: {{en-noun}} semi-tatsama (plural semi-tatsamas)
  1. (lexicography, Indo-Aryan linguistics) A semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit. Tags: Indo-Aryan-linguistics Categories (topical): Lexicography, Linguistics Synonyms: semitatsama Coordinate_terms: tadbhava, tatsama Translations (a word borrowed from Sanskrit earlier in an Indo-Aryan language's history and having since underwent change): অর্ধতৎসম (ôrdhôtôtsômô) (Bengali), अर्धतत्सम (ardhatatsam) [masculine] (Hindi)

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