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Example sentences for: sanskrit

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The second is dvandva , a Sanskrit redundant compound of dva + dva pair, couple, which is used to describe compounds in which the elements are linked as if joined by a copula, as in prince-consort, attorney-general, postmaster-general (n. + n.), bittersweet (adj. + adj.).
Convinced of the importance of consulting Hindu legal authorities in the original [ Encyc. Brit . 1963, 13, 140a], Jones, well versed in Sanskrit, became aware of the correspondences among Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Slavic, and Germanic forms, which led him to the conclusion that Sanskrit was another, older form of a parent language from which all had sprung.
In the main they refer to nationalities ( Swiss, British, Egyptian ), places ( Venetian, Himalayan, Balkan ), ethnic, linguistic, or religious groups ( Sanskrit, Gaelic, Muslim ), and people ( Napoleonic, Smithsonian, Dantesque ).
Further, English itself is just a bastardized version of other languages like French, German, Latin, and eventually Sanskrit.
That is not to say that Thai has been slow or reluctant to adopt or assimilate words from other languages, but they are mostly Sanskrit/Pali, Khmer, and Chinese.