A word or phrase borrowed from Sanskrit for modern usage in India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere, especially in various Indo-Aryan languages.

plural of Sanskritism

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

Relating to Sanskrit.

simple past tense and past participle of Sanskritize

(American spelling, Oxford British English, linguistics) Of a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc.: rendered in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Sanskritize

present participle of Sanskritize

(linguistics) To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology. / (linguistics) To influence a non-Sanskrit language by Sanskritic vocabulary.

(linguistics) The introduction of Sanskrit vocabulary in another language or dialect. / Changing a word's structure to make it look like a Sanskrit word.