अपभ्रंश
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অপভ্ৰংশ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬧᬪ᭄ᬭᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
- অপভ্রংশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰢𑰥𑰿𑰨𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀧𑀪𑁆𑀭𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- အပဘြံၐ (Burmese script)
- અપભ્રંશ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਪਭ੍ਰਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌪𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦥꦨꦿꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂣𑂦𑂹𑂩𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಪಭ್ರಂಶ (Kannada script)
- អបភ្រំឝ (Khmer script)
- ອປຠ຺ຣໍຨ (Lao script)
- അപഭ്രംശ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢒᠠᢨᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘢𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢒᠠᠪᠾᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧂𑧅𑧠𑧈𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐥𑐨𑑂𑐬𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଅପଭ୍ରଂଶ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢦꢩ꣄ꢬꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆥𑆨𑇀𑆫𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖢𑖥𑖿𑖨𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
- අපභ්රංශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩰𑩳 𑪙𑩼𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚞𑚡𑚶𑚤𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
- அபப்⁴ரஂஶ (Tamil script)
- అపభ్రంశ (Telugu script)
- อปภฺรํศ (Thai script)
- ཨ་པ་བྷྲཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒣𑒦𑓂𑒩𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨞𑨡𑩇𑨫𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From अप- (ápa-, “down, back”) + भ्रंश (bhraṃśá, “deviation”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱ.ɾɐ̃.ɕɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐbʱ.ɾɐ̃.ɕɐ/
Noun
अ॒प॒भ्रं॒श • (apabhraṃśá) stem, m
- falling down, a fall
- (grammar, linguistics) corrupted form of a word, corruption
- (grammar, linguistics) ungrammatical language
- (grammar, linguistics) the most corrupt of the Prakrit dialects
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शः (apabhraṃśáḥ) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शौ (apabhraṃśáu) अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शा¹ (apabhraṃśā́¹) |
अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाः (apabhraṃśā́ḥ) अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शासः॑¹ (apabhraṃśā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शम् (apabhraṃśám) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शौ (apabhraṃśáu) अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शा¹ (apabhraṃśā́¹) |
अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शान् (apabhraṃśā́n) |
| instrumental | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शेन॑ (apabhraṃśéna) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शैः (apabhraṃśáiḥ) अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शेभिः॑¹ (apabhraṃśébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाय॑ (apabhraṃśā́ya) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शेभ्यः॑ (apabhraṃśébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शात् (apabhraṃśā́t) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाभ्या॑म् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शेभ्यः॑ (apabhraṃśébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शस्य॑ (apabhraṃśásya) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शयोः॑ (apabhraṃśáyoḥ) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शाना॑म् (apabhraṃśā́nām) |
| locative | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शे (apabhraṃśé) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शयोः॑ (apabhraṃśáyoḥ) | अ॒प॒भ्रं॒शेषु॑ (apabhraṃśéṣu) |
| vocative | अप॑भ्रंश (ápabhraṃśa) | अप॑भ्रंशौ (ápabhraṃśau) अप॑भ्रंशा¹ (ápabhraṃśā¹) |
अप॑भ्रंशाः (ápabhraṃśāḥ) अप॑भ्रंशासः¹ (ápabhraṃśāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- English: → Apabhraṃśa (learned), → Apabhramsha
- → Hindi: अपभ्रंश (apabhrañś)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अपभ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0050.