san·dhi
| \ ˈsan-dē
, ˈsän-, ˈsən- \
, ˈsän-, ˈsən- \
Definition of sandhi
: modification of the sound of a morpheme (such as a word or affix) conditioned by syntactic context in which it is uttered (such 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)
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“Sandhi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandhi. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of sandhi was in 1806
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