karmadharaya

kar·ma·dha·ra·ya

[kahr-muh-dahr-ee-uh]
noun Linguistics.
a compound of two words in which the first is an adjective and the second a substantive, as blackbird, gentleman, or grandson.

Origin:
1840–50; < Sanskrit karmadhāraya

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