A bahuvrihi compound (from Sanskrit बहुव्रीहि, bahuvrīhi, literally meaning `much rice` but denoting a rich man) is a type of compound that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses. A bahuvrihi is exocentric, so that the compound is not a hyponym of its head. For instance, a s.....
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compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective
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