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Pra⋅krit

  [prah-krit, -kreet]
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–noun
any of the vernacular Indic languages of the ancient and medieval periods, as distinguished from Sanskrit.
Origin:
1780–90; < Skt prākṛta, deriv. of prakṛti; see prakriti

Related forms:
Pra⋅krit⋅ic, adjective
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Pra·krit   (prä'krĭt)   
n.  

  1. Any of the vernacular and literary Indic languages recorded from the third century B.C. to the fourth century A.D., as opposed to Sanskrit.

  2. Any of the modern Indic languages.


[Sanskrit prākṛtam, from neuter sing. of prākṛta-, natural, vulgar, vernacular : pra-, before, forward; see per1 in Indo-European roots + karoti, he makes; see Sanskrit.]
Pra·krit'ic adj.
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Prakrit 
popular dialect of ancient northern and central India (distinguished from Sanskrit, q.v.), sometimes also applied to modern langs., 1766, from Skt. prakrta- "natural, original" (opposed to samskrta- "prepared, refined"), from pra- "before, forward, forth" + krta- "done, made, prepared."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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