Pronunciations
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/ˈsanskɹɪpt/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eggcorn of Sanskrit.
- Examples
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More examples (2)
He appeals to the ancient Sanscript records, which mention a migration of certain of the military class termed Chinas, from India to the countries east from Bengal.
"Cat" is from the Latin "catus," which came into use in place of the older Latin "Felis." The Romans brought cats from Syria, where the name was "kota." "Kitt," from which we get kitten, is Arabic, I think. In Persian the word is "chat," and the Persian language is similar to that most ancient tongue, the Sanscript. Perhaps "chat" is the earliest form of our word "cat." In Persia also, a cat, wild or tame, is "puschak," from a word meaning "tail" in Sanscript
A graduate student in Sanscript, writes, "There is little in lucidity itself that will disrupt the production of dream images and sense effects..."