sandhi
[
suhn
-dee]
/ˈsʌn di/
noun
,
plural
sandhis.
Linguistics
1.
morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in
dontcha
for
don't you.
Origin
1800-10;
<
Sanskrit
saṃdhi
joining, juncture
British Dictionary definitions for
sandhi
sandhi
/
ˈsændɪ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-dhis
1.
(
linguistics
) modification of the form or sound of a word under the influence of an adjacent word
Word Origin
from Sanskrit
samdhi
a placing together, from
sam
together +
dadhāti
he puts