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What is a bahuvrihi?

What is a bahuvrihi? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (grammar) A type of nominal compound in which the first part modifies the second and neither part alone conveys the intended meaning.
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It would therefore not be surprising if unambiguous bahuvrihi morphology were to be used occasionally in a governing compound.
In such a bahuvrihi compound, any or all of his four sons could theoretically be referred to here by satmaja.

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