In the unique political lexicon of Indian English, they want to “trifurcate” Jammu and Kashmir state, as it is formally known, into three parts: Ladakh to the east, which makes up 70 percent of Indian-held Kashmir, but barely 2.3 percent of its 10 million people; the Hindu south, better known as Jammu; and the Kashmir Valley, which has a restive Muslim majority and is the source of most strife.
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/803.cfm
"Trifurcate", anyone?
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Stephen Jones
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Well it makes more sense than the only example for bifurcate in the BNC:
and then across the sea, The Fat Controller saw fit to bifurcate our strange awarenesses.
I have seen bifurcate a few times. The SOED gives trifurcate with the meaning of divide into three; the most common use is apparently medical, referring to arteries.
There are probably hundreds of versions referring to the trifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, so the word was presumably used in some official document.
It certainly will not be the first time that a specialized English word has been used in Indian English with a more general sense.
and then across the sea, The Fat Controller saw fit to bifurcate our strange awarenesses.
I have seen bifurcate a few times. The SOED gives trifurcate with the meaning of divide into three; the most common use is apparently medical, referring to arteries.
There are probably hundreds of versions referring to the trifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, so the word was presumably used in some official document.
It certainly will not be the first time that a specialized English word has been used in Indian English with a more general sense.