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ashtadhyayi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ash-tad-hyayi
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A grammatical treatise codifying what came to be known as Sanskrit, one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī, literally “eight-chaptered”).

Questions

What does ashtadhyayi mean?
A grammatical treatise codifying what came to be known as Sanskrit, one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether.
Where does ashtadhyayi come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाध्यायी (aṣṭādhyāyī, literally “eight-chaptered”).

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