Prakrit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).
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Prakrit (plural Prakrits)
- Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages. [from 1766][1]
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any of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Prakrit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.