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svarabhakti

/ˌsvʌrəˈbʌkti/ UK
/ˌsvæ-/ UK
/ˌsvɑː-/ UK
/-bækti/ UK
/ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑkti/ US
/ˌswɑɹəˈbɑkti/ US

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Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वरभक्ति (svára-bhakti, “vowel separation”), a compound of स्वर (svára, “vowel”) + भक्ति (bhaktí, “separation”).

noun svarabhaktis

uncountable, usually The epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis. Svarabhakti is a common feature of northern Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali.

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noun epenthesis of a vowel

Español	svarabhakti
हिन्दी	स्वरभक्ति svarbhakti
Português	suarabácti
Français	svarabhakti
Deutsch	Svarabhakti, Swarabhakti
Italiano	svarabacti, svarabhakti
Русский	сварабха́кти svarabxákti

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@misc{svarabhakti_2026,
  title = {svarabhakti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/svarabhakti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}