लिख्

लिख्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬮᬶᬔ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লিখ্ (Assamese script)
• লিখ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰰𑰏𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀺𑀔𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌲𑌿𑌖𑍍 (Grantha script)
• લિખ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਿਖੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦭꦶꦑ꧀ (Javanese script)
• លិខ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಲಿಖ್ (Kannada script)
• ລິຂ຺ (Lao script)
• ലിഖ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘩𑘱𑘏𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᢈᠻ (Mongolian script)
• ᠯᡳᡘ (Manchu script)
• လိခ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧉𑧒𑦯𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐶𑐏𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲିଖ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢭꢶꢓ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆴𑆒𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖰𑖏𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලිඛ් (Sinhalese script)
• లిఖ్ (Telugu script)
• ลิขฺ (Thai script)
• ལི་ཁ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒱𑒐𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“scratch, line”), an extension of *rey- (“scratch”). Cognate with English row.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /likʰ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /l̪ikʰ/

Root

लिख् • (likh)

1. to scratch, scrape, furrow
2. to produce by scratching, draw a line
3. to engrave, inscribe, trace, write

Derived terms

• लेख (lékha, “line, stroke”)
• लिखति (likháti, “to write”)
• लिखित (likhitá, “written”)
• लिखितव्य (likhitavyá, “to be written”)
• लेखक (lekhaka, “writer”)
• लेखन (lekhana, “writing, composition”)
• लेखनी (lekhanī, “Saccharum spontaneum, pen”)

 

See also

• रेखा (rékhā, “scratch, line”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “लिख्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 00901.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “लिख्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 147
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “लिख्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 504
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0858