Prakrit

/ˌprɑˈkrɪt/
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Other forms: Prakrits

Definitions of Prakrit
  1. noun
    any of the modern Indic languages
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    type of:
    Indic, Indo-Aryan
    a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
  2. noun
    any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
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    types:
    Pali
    an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
    type of:
    Indic, Indo-Aryan
    a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
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