Sanskritise
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative spelling of Sanskritize. UK, alt-of, alternative
"Of late years there has, however, been a strong tendency to Sanskritise the written Bengali, so much so that the Bengali of our school books had begun to differ widely from the language spoken and understood by an intelligent but unlettered man from the streets."
Example
More examples"Of late years there has, however, been a strong tendency to Sanskritise the written Bengali, so much so that the Bengali of our school books had begun to differ widely from the language spoken and understood by an intelligent but unlettered man from the streets."
Etymology
From Sanskrit + -ise.
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