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‖ karmadharaya Linguistics.|kɑːməˈdɑːrəjə|
[Skr., f. karma + dhāraya holding, bearing.]
A compound in which the first member describes the second, as highway (adjective + noun), steamboat (attrib. noun + noun).
1846M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit Lang. ix. 158 Native grammarians class compound nouns under five heads:... The 3d, Karmadháraya, or those composed of an adjective and substantive. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. xiv. 235 The Hindus found it convenient to set off..a special class of syntactic attribute-and-head compounds (Karmadharaya), such as blackbird. 1957S. Potter Mod. Ling. iv. 92 That important type of compound called karmadharaya by Indian grammarians is represented by E blackbird, consisting of attribute + substantive. |