bahuvrihi

== English == === Alternative forms === Bahuvrihi, bahuvrīhi, Bahuvrīhi === Etymology === Transliteration of Sanskrit बहुव्रीहि (bahuvrīhi, “rich, wealthy”, literally “(possessing) much rice”), itself an example of a bahuvrihi. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bahuːˈvɹiːhi/ Hyphenation: ba‧hu‧vri‧hi === Noun === bahuvrihi (plural bahuvrihis) (grammar, also attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second but neither part alone conveys the intended meaning. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== exocentric metonymy Category:Bahuvrihi compounds by language === Further reading === bahuvrihi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “bahuvrihi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bahuvrihi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.