Prakrit

English

Alternative forms

Pracrit, Prākrit
Pkt. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪt

Proper noun

Prakrit (plural Prakrits)

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

Derived terms

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)
Gujarati: પ્રાકૃત f or n (prākŕt)
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 (prākrut)
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
Tamil: பிராகிருதம் (ta) (pirākirutam)
Telugu: ప్రాకృతము (te) (prākr̥tamu)
Thai: ปรากฤต (th) (bpraa-grìt)
Urdu: پراکرت (prākrit)
Western Panjabi: پراکرت (pnb) (prākrit)

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Prakrit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.