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Panini

pa·nini

UK/pɑː.ɳi.ni/ US/pʌˈniˌni/ rare

noun

1.

Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)

Origin

Borrowed from Italian panini, plural of panino (literally “small bread”).

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