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karmadharaya

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[kahr-muh-dahr-ee-uh] / ˌkɑr məˈdɑr i ə /

noun

Linguistics.

  1. a compound of two words in which the first is an adjective and the second a substantive, as blackbird, gentleman, or grandson.

Etymology

Origin of karmadharaya

First recorded in 1840–50, karmadharaya is from the Sanskrit word karmadhāraya

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