Prakrit

//ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to this language. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages.
Noun
  1. 1
    any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).

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