अपभ्रंश

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

অপভ্ৰংশ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬧᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
অপভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰢𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀧𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
အပဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
અપભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
ਅਪਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌪𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦥꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂣𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
ಅಪಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
អបភ្រំឝ (Khmer script)
ອປຠ຺ຣໍຨ (Lao script)
അപഭ്രംശ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢒᠠᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘢𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
ᠠᢒᠠᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧂𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐥𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
ଅପଭ୍ରଂଶ (Odia script)
ꢂꢦꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆥𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖢𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
අපභ්‍රංශ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩰𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚞𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
அபப்⁴ரஂஶ (Tamil script)
అపభ్రంశ (Telugu script)
อปภฺรํศ (Thai script)
ཨ་པ་བྷྲཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒣𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨞𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Compound of अप- (apa-, “down, back”) +‎ भ्रंश (bhraṃśa, “deviation”).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱ.ɾɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱˈɾɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun edit

अपभ्रंश • (apabhraṃśá) stem, m

falling down, a fall
(grammar, linguistics) corrupted form of a word, corruption
(grammar, linguistics) ungrammatical language
(grammar, linguistics) the most corrupt of the Prakrit dialects

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अपभ्रंशः apabhraṃśáḥ	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ apabhraṃśaú / apabhraṃśā́¹	अपभ्रंशाः / अपभ्रंशासः¹ apabhraṃśā́ḥ / apabhraṃśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अपभ्रंश ápabhraṃśa	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ ápabhraṃśau / ápabhraṃśā¹	अपभ्रंशाः / अपभ्रंशासः¹ ápabhraṃśāḥ / ápabhraṃśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अपभ्रंशम् apabhraṃśám	अपभ्रंशौ / अपभ्रंशा¹ apabhraṃśaú / apabhraṃśā́¹	अपभ्रंशान् apabhraṃśā́n
Instrumental	अपभ्रंशेन apabhraṃśéna	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशैः / अपभ्रंशेभिः¹ apabhraṃśaíḥ / apabhraṃśébhiḥ¹
Dative	अपभ्रंशाय apabhraṃśā́ya	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः apabhraṃśébhyaḥ
Ablative	अपभ्रंशात् apabhraṃśā́t	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् apabhraṃśā́bhyām	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः apabhraṃśébhyaḥ
Genitive	अपभ्रंशस्य apabhraṃśásya	अपभ्रंशयोः apabhraṃśáyoḥ	अपभ्रंशानाम् apabhraṃśā́nām
Locative	अपभ्रंशे apabhraṃśé	अपभ्रंशयोः apabhraṃśáyoḥ	अपभ्रंशेषु apabhraṃśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “अपभ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0050.