English

Noun

svarabhakti ‎(usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)

1. (linguistics) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.

Usage notes

• Originally used in Sanskrit grammar terminology for vowels phonetically inserted between /r/ or /l/ and a following consonant, but nowadays also applied to other languages.

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