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]

Derived terms

• Prakritic
• Prakritism
• Prakritize
• Shauraseni Prakrit

 

Translations

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

• Armenian: պրակրիտ (hy) (prakrit)
• Bengali: প্রাকৃত (bn) (prakrito)
• 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
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಕೃತ (kn) (prākṛta), ಪಾಗದ (kn) (pāgada)
• Khmer: ប្រាក្រឹត (km) (praakrət)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀾𑀢 (prākṛta)
• Malayalam: പ്രാകൃതം (ml) (prākr̥taṁ)
• Marathi: प्राकृत (prākŕt)
• Odia: 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
• Telugu: ప్రాకృతము (te) (prākr̥tamu)
• Thai: ปรากฤต (th) (bpraa-grìt)
• Urdu: پراکرت (prākrit)
• Western Panjabi: پراکرت (pnb) (prākrit)