अपभ्रंश

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Sanskrit [edit]

Noun [edit]

अपभ्रंश (apa-bhraṃśá) m

  1. falling down, a fall
  2. corrupted form of a word, corruption
  3. ungrammatical language
  4. the most corrupt of the Prakrit dialects

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0050