लिख्

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Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyḱ- (scratch, line), an extension of *h₁rey- (scratch). Cognate with English row, Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, to rend, bruise, pound), Lithuanian riekti (to slice).

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

लिख् (likh)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

Nonfinite Forms: लिखितुम् (likhitum)
Undeclinable
Infinitive लिखितुम्
likhitum
Gerund लिखित्वा
likhitvā́
Participles
Masculine/Neuter Gerundive लिख्य / लिखितव्य / लिखनीय
likhya / likhitavya / likhanīya
Feminine Gerundive लिख्या / लिखितव्या / लिखनीया
likhyā / likhitavyā / likhanīyā
Masculine/Neuter Past Passive Participle लिखित
likhitá
Feminine Past Passive Participle लिखिता
likhitā́
Masculine/Neuter Past Active Participle लिखितवत्
likhitávat
Feminine Past Active Participle लिखितवती
likhitávatī
Primary Verbal Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “लिख्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 478
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 457