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tatsama
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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तत्सम (tatsama).
Tatsama was originally employed to refer to those inherited Prakrit words that were identical in form with Sanskrit; later it came to refer to learned loans introduced into the post-Prakritic speech as well. Traditionally, the term was used for both inherited words that were unmodified in form, and learned words. However from a strict linguistic point of view, the term refers only to learned borrowings from Sanskrit.
noun tatsamas · tatsama
- A Sanskrit learned loanword used in a South Asian language. However, beyond lexis, the Macmillan range includes other adaptations, such as IPA encoding which reflects Indian English pronunciation, and etymologies that distinguish between "tatsama" and "tadbhava" terms, based on McGregor (1992).
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noun a word borrowed from Sanskrit in a South Asian language
| हिन्दी | तत्सम tatsam |
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Talk about this word "tatsama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tatsama. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. tatsama. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tatsama "tatsama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tatsama.Cite this
@misc{tatsama_2026,
title = {tatsama},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tatsama},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
