Prakritism

English

Etymology

From Prakrit +‎ -ism; compare Prakritic, Prakritize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑːkɹɪtɪzəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑkɹɪtɪzəm/

Noun

Prakritism (plural Prakritisms)

1. A (usually Sanskrit) word borrowed from a Prakrit, especially one showing the characteristic phonological developments separating the Prakrits from Sanskrit.

   Coordinate term: Sanskritism

   • 1872, John Beames, Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India‎^[1], volumes II: The Noun and Pronoun, Trübner and Co., page 25:

     ¹ This constant use of sabbai in Chand may be nothing more than a Prakritism for the nom. pl. of Skr. sarvve.

   • 1930, Maurice Bloomfield, Franklin Edgerton, “XIV: Vocalic Liquids and Other Vowels”, in Vedic Variants: A Study of the Variant Readings in the Repeated Mantras of the Veda, volume II: Phonetics, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, page 295:

     With this chapter we once more enter definitely into the sphere of Prakritism. In a considerable number of cases the variations seem to be, in fact, strictly Prakritic.

   • 2020 January 2, Patrick Olivelle, “Long-distance trade in ancient India: Evidence from Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra”, in The Indian Economic and Social History Review, volume 57, number 1, SAGE, →DOI, page 39:

     Dukūla appears to be the name of a particular kind of textile and a yarn […] Some think that the term is a Prakritism for dvikūla, that is, a cloth with two borders. This is, however, unlikely, because of the use of the term for a kind of yarn.