THE TERM "SANSKRIT" IN ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF ORIGIN

Abstract

The subject of the research is such a section of terminology as "Formation of new terms". On the example of the term "Sanskrit" the history of the origin in the English language is traced. For this purpose the article depicts in detail the stages of acquaintance of Europeans with ancient India and its language. And a comparative analysis of the meanings of this term in the dictionaries of the source language and the borrowing (English) language is carried out also. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the study took place on the material of one of the ancient languages - Sanskrit. It is established that the term "Sanskrit" was borrowed in English with a narrowing of meaning and slight distortions in pronunciation.

Keywords

• sanskrit
• terminology
• comparative analysis
• borrowing
• санскрит
• терминология
• сравнительный анализ
• заимствование