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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sva•ra•bhak•ti (sfär′ä bäk′tē; Skt. svə rə buk′ti),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation (län′tsē ke nek′kô)USA pronunciation for German Landsknecht(länts′kneкнt′).USA pronunciation Cf. epenthesis. - Sanskrit: vowel segment (inserted in particular environments)
- 1875–80
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