Meanings
proper noun
alternative Apabhraṃśa · alternative Apabhramsa
- The languages of the final stage of Middle Indo-Aryan, spoken during the 6th – 13th centuries CE.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂épo
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hápa
- Sanskritअप- (apa-)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrenḱ-
- Sanskritभ्रंश् (bhraṃś)
- Sanskritभ्रंश (bhraṃśa)
- Sanskritअपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa)
- EnglishApabhramsha
Borrowed from Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa, “fallen, corrupted”).
More words from Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali অপভ্রংশ
- অপভ্রংশ (opobhroṅśo)language
Hindi अपभ्रंश
- अपभ्रंश (apabhrañś)language
Punjabi ਅਪਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼
- ਅਪਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (apabhrãś)language
Urdu اَپ بَھرَن٘ش
- اَپ بَھرَن٘ش (ap bharãś)language
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