Definitions For Bahuvrihi

Noun

BAHUVRIHI (plural BAHUVRIHIs) {{examples, sense=type of nominal compound, examples= bluestocking — A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman
lowlife — An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person.
redcoat — A British soldier during the American Revolution, width=30%}} (grammar, also, _, attributive) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modify, modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning#noun, meaning.

Translations

Finnish: bahuvriihi, bahuvrihi German: Besitzkompositum, n Japanese: 有財釈 (うざいしゃく, uzaishaku, sc=Jpan), 所有複合語 (しょゆうふくごうご, shoyūfukugōgo, sc=Jpan) Telugu: బహువ్రీహి

See also

exocentric metonymy :category:english bahuvrihi compounds‎

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, sa, बहुव्रीहि, tr=bahúvrīhi, , much rice}}, itself a bahuvrihi from बहु, tr=bahú, , much + व्रीहि, tr=vrīhí, , rice, referring to a person possessing an abundance of rice, that is, a wealthy person.