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پیشهشتی

noun

LanguageFarsi (Iran)

Meaning
  1. prothetic
  2. Relating to the addition of a sound to the start of a word.
Examples

این صامت پیشهشتی برای سهولت تلفظ اضافه شده است.

This prothetic consonant has been added for ease of pronunciation.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteUsed primarily in the context of phonology.

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Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.