వికృతి

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit विकृत (vikṛta).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

వికృతి (vikr̥ti? (plural వికృతులు)

  1. change, alteration, modification, corruption
    Synonym: వికారము (vikāramu)
    1. (by extension, grammar) a set of Telugu words consisting of tadbhavas that are traditionally viewed pejoratively as "corrupted" borrowings from Sanskrit (see more details below)
      Synonym: వైకృతము (vaikr̥tamu)

Usage notes edit

In the traditional grammar of Telugu and other Dravidian languages, there is a contrast between "unnatural" or "corrupted" వికృతి (vikr̥ti) forms and "natural" ప్రకృతి (prakr̥ti), a term used for tatsama learned borrowings from Sanskrit. వికృతి (vikr̥ti) is mainly used for Telugu terms that are actually tadbhava loans from a Prakrit language, although some are also the result of sound changes.

Proper noun edit

వికృతి (vikr̥ti)

  1. The name of a Telugu year.

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