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PRAKRITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prakritic mean?
• PRAKRITIC (adjective)
The adjective PRAKRITIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Prakrit
Familiarity information: PRAKRITIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Prakrit
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Prakrit (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)
Derivation:
Prakrit (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)
Prakrit (any of the modern Indic languages)
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