[ʂ]→[ɖ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 1/5
Voiceless retroflex fricative to Voiced retroflex stop
In Sanskrit external and internal sandhi, a retroflex sibilant [ʂ] before a voiced stop becomes the retroflex stop [ɖ]. Voicing assimilation is combined with the same stop closure as in word-final position.
Phonetic Effects
Voicing, Fortition, Sandhi Assimilation
Language Examples
tviṣ + bhiḥ [ʂ]→tviḍbhiḥ [ɖ]— Instrumental plural of tviṣ- 'brightness'.
Related Transformations
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