അപഭ്രംശം

Malayalam

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa). By surface analysis, അപ- (apa-) +‎ ഭ്രംശം (bhraṁśaṁ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐbɐb(ʱ)rɐmʃɐm/

Noun

അപഭ്രംശം • (apabhraṁśaṁ)

1. falling down, downfall
2. corrupted form of a word
3. ungrammatical language
4. (linguistics) Apabhraṃśa, a corrupt form of Prakrit

References

• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “അപഭ്രംശം”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/32260/