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

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

अपभ्रंश • (apabhraṃśá) stem, m

1. falling down, a fall
2. (grammar, linguistics) corrupted form of a word, corruption
3. (grammar, linguistics) ungrammatical language
4. (grammar, linguistics) the most corrupt of the Prakrit dialects

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अपभ्रंश

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अपभ्रंशः (apabhraṃśáḥ)	अपभ्रंशौ (apabhraṃśáu) अपभ्रंशा¹ (apabhraṃśā́¹)	अपभ्रंशाः (apabhraṃśā́ḥ) अपभ्रंशासः¹ (apabhraṃśā́saḥ¹)
accusative	अपभ्रंशम् (apabhraṃśám)	अपभ्रंशौ (apabhraṃśáu) अपभ्रंशा¹ (apabhraṃśā́¹)	अपभ्रंशान् (apabhraṃśā́n)
instrumental	अपभ्रंशेन (apabhraṃśéna)	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām)	अपभ्रंशैः (apabhraṃśáiḥ) अपभ्रंशेभिः¹ (apabhraṃśébhiḥ¹)
dative	अपभ्रंशाय (apabhraṃśā́ya)	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām)	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः (apabhraṃśébhyaḥ)
ablative	अपभ्रंशात् (apabhraṃśā́t)	अपभ्रंशाभ्याम् (apabhraṃśā́bhyām)	अपभ्रंशेभ्यः (apabhraṃśébhyaḥ)
genitive	अपभ्रंशस्य (apabhraṃśásya)	अपभ्रंशयोः (apabhraṃśáyoḥ)	अपभ्रंशानाम् (apabhraṃśā́nām)
locative	अपभ्रंशे (apabhraṃśé)	अपभ्रंशयोः (apabhraṃśáyoḥ)	अपभ्रंशेषु (apabhraṃśéṣu)
vocative	अपभ्रंश (ápabhraṃśa)	अपभ्रंशौ (ápabhraṃśau) अपभ्रंशा¹ (ápabhraṃśā¹)	अपभ्रंशाः (ápabhraṃśāḥ) अपभ्रंशासः¹ (ápabhraṃśāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: Apabhraṃśa (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अपभ्रंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0050.