𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 𑀣𑀁𑀪𑁂 (lipi thaṃbhe)

Etymology

From an earlier 𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi), from Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 (dipi), from Elamite 𒁾 (/⁠tippi⁠/), from Akkadian 𒁾 (/⁠ṭuppu⁠/, “tablet, document, letter”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”). The replacement of d- with l- was due to influence from Sanskrit लिखति (likhati, “to write”).

Noun

𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi) f (Girnar, Dhauli, Jaugada)

1. writing; a document
2. script

Alternative forms

Attested at Dhauli, Girnar and Jaugada.

Dialectal forms of 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (“writing”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
East	Dhauli	𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi)
	Jaugada	𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi)
	Mansehra	𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi)
West	Girnar	𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi)
Note	Borrowed from Old Persian

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (“writing”)
𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi) (3) 𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi) (2)

Derived terms

• 𑀥𑀁𑀫𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (dhaṃmalipi)

Descendants

• → Sanskrit: लिपि (lipi)
  • →Tatsama:

    • Assamese: লিপি (lipi)
    • Bengali: লিপি (lipi)
    • Gujarati: લિપિ (lipi)
    • Hindi: लिपि (lipi)
    • Malayalam: ലിപി (lipi)
    • Marathi: लिपी (lipī)
    • Punjabi: ਲਿਪੀ (lipī)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lipi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press