Meaning Of The Word Bahuvrihi

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bahuvrihi in American English
noun: a compound noun or adjective consisting of two constituents, the first of which is adjectival and describes the person or object denoted by the second, which is nominal: the compound as a whole denotes or describes a person or object having what is denote

bahuvrihi in British English
noun: a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second

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