LekhoriLekhoriA word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
One final set of terms of interest are Hobson-Jobsonisms, that is, loanwords that have undergone phonetic assimilation through what is described as ‘striving after meaning’, a term introduced by Yule.
From Hobson-Jobson + -ism.
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