Sanskritize

English

Alternative forms

Sanskritise

Etymology

Verb

Sanskritize (third-person singular simple present Sanskritizes, present participle Sanskritizing, simple past and past participle Sanskritized)

(transitive, linguistics) to convert a non-Sanskrit word, particularly a Pali word, to its equivalent Sanskrit form
(of India and Nepal) to emulate rituals and practices of upper classes so as to gain upward social mobility

Derived terms

Sanskritization

Translations

to convert a non-Sanskrit word to its equivalent Sanskrit form

to emulate rituals and practices of upper classes

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