Prakrit

Prakrit

English

Alternative forms

• Pracrit, Prākrit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Proper noun

Prakrit (plural Prakrits)

1. Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages. [from 1766[1]]

Derived terms

• Prakritic
• Prakritism
• Prakritize

 

Translations

any of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages

Armenian: պրակրիտ (hy) (prakrit) Bengali: প্রাকৃত (prakŕt) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: prakrit, prakrit-kieli French: prakrit (fr) Greek: πρακριτική γλώσσα f (prakritikí glóssa) Hindi: प्राकृत (hi) f (prākŕt) Indonesian: Prakerta Khmer: ប្រាក្រឹត (km) (praakrət) Lao: please add this translation if you can Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀾𑀢 (prākṛta) Malayalam: പ്രാകൃതം (ml) (prākr̥taṃ) Marathi: प्राकृत (prākrut) Oriya: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: prácrito (pt) m Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀇𑀅 (pāia) Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਾਕ੍ਰਿਤ f (prākrit) Russian: пракрит (ru) (prakrit) Sanskrit: प्राकृत (sa) (prākṛta) Spanish: prácrito (es) m Swedish: prakrit (sv) c Thai: ปรากฤต (th) (bpraa-grìt) Urdu: پراکرت‎ (prākrit) Western Panjabi: پراکرت‎ (pnb) (prākrit)

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Prakrit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.