Magadhin.
/ˈmɑːɡədi/, U.S. /ˈmɑɡəˌdi/ A dialect of Prakrit, anciently spoken in an area corresponding with part of the modern state of Bihar.Māgadhī Apabhraṃśa (see quot. 1801) is the name of a later form of the language.
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1801 Asiatick Researches 7 200 Mágad'hí, or Apabhransá, a jargon destitute of regular grammar.
1805 Asiatick Researches 8 269 The Chétra-Samása..is written in Pracĭt, asserted by some to be the same with the Báli or Mágad'hi dialect... The Báli or Mágad'hi, was the language used at the court of the emperors of India, kings of Magad'ha or Bahar.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 841/1 These Prākrit dialects are generally grouped under five heads, viz., the Maharāshtrī, Saurasenī, Māgadhi, Paisāchī, and Apabhransa.
1916 A. A. Macdonell Vedic Gram. for Students 11 In order to account for the Vedic relation of r to l, it appears necessary to assume a..[dialect] in which IE. r became l throughout (the later Māgadhī).
1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. xii. 197 Ardha-Magadhi ‘Half-Magadhi’—Magadha being a district of Bihar—is the language of the older Jainist works... Other conventions of the drama include the use of Magadhi.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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