അപഭ്രംശം

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Malayalam[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa). By surface analysis, അപ- (apa-) +‎ ഭ്രംശം (bhraṁśaṁ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɐbɐb(ʱ)rɐmʃɐm/

Noun[edit]

അപഭ്രംശം (apabhraṁśaṁ)

  1. falling down, downfall
  2. corrupted form of a word
  3. ungrammatical language
  4. (linguistics) Apabhraṃśa, a corrupt form of Prakrit

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