svarabhakti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːkti/, /ˌswʌɹəˈbɑːkti/, /-bʌkti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑkti/, /ˌswɑɹəˈbɑkti/

Noun

svarabhakti (usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)

1. (linguistics, phonology) The epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.

   Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.

Usage notes

• This term was originally a term of art for vowels phonetically inserted between /r/ or /l/ and a following consonant in Sanskrit; in modern use, it is used for any vowel insertion, regardless of the language or phonetic context.

Derived terms

• svarabhaktic

Related terms

• vyanjanabhakti

Translations

epenthesis of a vowel

• Bengali: স্বরভক্তি (bn) (śorbhokti)
• French: svarabhakti (fr) m
• German: Svarabhakti f or n, Swarabhakti f or n
• Gujarati: સ્વરભક્તિ f (svarbhakti)
• Hindi: स्वरभक्ति (hi) f (svarbhakti)
• Indonesian: suarabakti, swarabakti (id)
• Italian: svarabacti m, svarabhakti m
• Kannada: ಸ್ವರಭಕ್ತಿ (svarabhakti)
• Marathi: स्वरभक्ती f (svarbhaktī)
• Nepali: स्वरभक्ति (svarabhakti)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svarabhakti (no) m

  Nynorsk: svarabhakti m

• Portuguese: suarabácti (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸਵਰਭਕਤੀ f (savrabhaktī)
• Russian: сварабха́кти n (svarabxákti)
• Sanskrit: स्वरभक्ति (sa) f (svarabhakti)
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaimreag-chòmhnaidh f
• Spanish: svarabhakti m
• Swedish: svarabhakti c
• Telugu: స్వరభక్తి (svarabhakti)