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Prakrit

prak·rit

UK/ˈpɹɑː.kɹɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of the modern Indic languages

2.

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

Origin

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राकृत (prākṛta).

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