A bahuvrīhi (Sanskrit: बहुव्रीहि, romanized: bahuvrīhi, lit. 'having much rice'), or bahuvrīhi compound, is a type of compound word that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses. A bahuvrihi is exocentric, so that the compound is not a hyponym of its head.
A bahuvrīhi (Sanskrit: बहुव्रीहि, romanized: bahuvrīhi, lit. 'having much rice'), or bahuvrīhi compound, is a type of compound word that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses. A bahuvrihi is exocentric, so that the compound is not a hyponym of its head.
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