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| compound adjective; bahuvrihi (n. pl. bahuvrihis. A compound word functioning as an adjective whose last element is in origin a noun. For example, in the phrase high-fiber diet, the compound high-fiber is a bahuvrihi modifying diet that ends in the noun fiber. (Sanskrit, having much rice: bahu-, much + vrihi, rice.) Taras) | |||