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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