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Apabhramsha

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Meanings

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  1. The languages of the final stage of Middle Indo-Aryan, spoken during the 6th – 13th centuries CE.

Word forms

Apabhramsha Apabhraṃśa Apabhramsa

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Sanskrit अप- (apa-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- Sanskrit भ्रंश् (bhraṃś) Sanskrit भ्रंश (bhraṃśa) Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa)bor. English Apabhramsha From Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa, “fallen, corrupted”).

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