karmadharayan.
/kɑːməˈdɑːrəjə/ Linguistics.
A compound in which the first member describes the second, as highway (adjective + noun), steamboat (attributive noun + noun).
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augmentative1616
repetitive1810
bahuvrihi1846
dvandva compound1846
karmadharaya1846
tatpurusha1846
copulative compound1888
symphrase1893
synonym-compound1923
1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit ix. 158 Native grammarians class compound nouns under five heads:... The 3d, Karmadháraya, or those composed of an adjective and substantive.
1933 L. 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.
1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. iv. 92 That important type of compound called karmadharaya by Indian grammarians is represented by E blackbird, consisting of attribute + substantive.
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