tatsama

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तत्सम (tatsama). Tatsama was originally employed to refer to those inherited Prakrit words that were identical in form with Sanskrit; later it came to refer to learned loans introduced into the post-Prakritic speech as well. Traditionally, the term was used for both inherited words that were unmodified in form, and learned words. However from a strict linguistic point of view, the term refers only to learned borrowings from Sanskrit. === Noun === tatsama (plural tatsamas or tatsama) (lexicography) A Sanskrit learned loanword used in a South Asian language. Hypernym: learned borrowing ==== Coordinate terms ==== tadbhava semi-tatsama ==== Translations ==== === References ===