sandhi

san·dhi

noun \ˈsan-dē, ˈsän-, ˈsən-\

Definition of SANDHI

: modification of the sound of a morpheme (as a word or affix) conditioned by syntactic context in which it is uttered (as pronunciation of -ed as \d\ in glazed and as \t\ in paced or occurrence of a in a cow and of an in an old cow)

Origin of SANDHI

Sanskrit saṁdhi, literally, placing together

First Known Use: 1806

Rhymes with SANDHI

bandy, brandy, candy, dandy, handy, Handy, Kandy, pandy, randy, sandy, Sandy, shandy