PRAKRIT, prakritho, nomi umumii zabonho va lahjahoi davrai miyonai guruhi zabohoi hindi (hinduoriyoni)-i Hinduston, ki marhilai taraqqii shevahoi qadimi hinduevropoiro idoma doda, ba rivoji zabonhoi navi hindi bunyod guzoshtaand. Nakhustin namunai matni khatii Prakrit ba asri 3 to melod taalluq dorad. Dar avval Prakrit zabonhon guftuguii omma budand va bo in khususiyatashon az sanskrit farq mekunand; «prakrta» — tabii, oddi, «samskrta»—sandal dodashuda, suni. Badtar Prakritho ba zabonhoi adabi tabdil yofta, se marhilai inkishofro (ibtidoi, miyona va okhirin) az cap guzaronidaand. Ba zabonhoi mamuli marhilai avval zaboni yodgorihoi buddoi — pali, Prakrithoi sangnavishthoi shoh Ashoka, payshachii ibtidoi va matnhoi epigrafikii judogona dokhil meshavand. Dar marhilai miyona Prakrithoi adabi — shauraseni, magadhi, maharashtri mamul budand. Zaboni marhilai okhirin apabhransha (az asri 5) meboshad. Hujjathoi dar Turkistoni Sharqi badastomada, ki ba zaboni kharoshthi murattab gardidand, ba Prakrit mansuband. Prakriti adabi dar pesahoi dramaturg va sanatkori buzurgi Hindustoni Qadim Kalidasa, dar asarhoi Bhasa va digar istifoda shudaast. Khususiyathoi fonetikii Prakrit sonantho va diftongho vujud nadorand; dar holati intervokali hamsadoho tagyir meyoband; kalimaho aksaran bo sadonok (hijoi kushoda) ba itmom merasand. Khususiyathoi morfologi: az bayn raftani shumorai dugona, bandakhoi shakhsii feli zamoni guzashta; ba ham nazdik shudani asoshoi ism va fel; monand shudani shaklhoi padeji va gayra. Dar sintaksis tamoyuli analitiki— istifodai kalimahoi yoridihanda baroi ifodai manohoi padeji, istifodai sifathoi felii ifodakunandai namud va jins dar zamoni guzashta va gayra ba nazar merasand.
Ad.: Vertogradova V. V., Prakriti, M., 1978.
M. Usmonov.