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Prakritisms

Prakritisms is the plural of Prakritism.

Meaning of Prakritism

Noun

Prakritism (plural Prakritisms)

  1. A (usually Sanskrit) word borrowed from a Prakrit, especially one showing the characteristic phonological developments separating the Prakrits from Sanskrit.
    • ¹ This constant use of sabbai in Chand may be nothing more than a Prakritism for the nom. pl. of Skr. sarvve.1872, John Beames, Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India, volumes II: The Noun and Pronoun, Trübner and Co., page 25

Questions about Prakritisms

What is Prakritisms the plural of?
Prakritisms is the plural of Prakritism.

Words near Prakritisms in the dictionary

  1. Prakrati
  2. Prakrit
  3. prakriti
  4. Prakritic
  5. Prakritism
  6. Prakritisms
  7. Prakritize
  8. Prakritized
  9. Prakritizes
  10. Prakritizing
  11. Prakrits

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