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अपभ्रंश

[ə.pəbʱ.ɾənʃ]

noun

LanguageHindi (India)

Meaning
  1. corruption, debasement
  2. corruption
  3. The process of a language or word changing from its original pure form into a different, often simplified state.
Examples

समय के साथ अनेक मूल संस्कृत शब्द लोकभाषा में परिवर्तित होकर अपभ्रंश बन गए।

Over time, many original Sanskrit words changed in the popular language and became corrupted forms.

Pronunciationə.pəbʱ.ɾənʃ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term is also used specifically in linguistics to refer to a family of Middle Indo-Aryan languages.

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