𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀇 (lehaï)

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit लिखति (likháti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *rikh₂-é-ti, from *reyk(ʷ)h₂- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Pali likhati.

Verb

𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï) (Devanagari लिहइ, Kannada ಲಿಹಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to write
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 841:

     𑀚𑀁-𑀚𑀁 𑀧𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀧𑀇𑀆 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀁 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑁂
     𑀢𑀁-𑀢𑀁 𑀢𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀡𑀺𑀆-𑀡𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀕𑀮𑀺𑀑 𑀧𑀼𑀲𑀇 𑀲𑁂𑀑

     jaṃ-jaṃ paütthapaïā piaamaṇāmakkharaṃ lihaï lehe
     taṃ-taṃ tallehaṇiā-ṇusāragalio pusaï seo

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Each time she tries to write a letter to her husband on his travels,
       the drops of sweat running down her pen blot out the syllables of his dear name.

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: लहणे (lahaṇe), लिखणे (likhaṇe), लिहणे (lihaṇe), लेहणे (lehaṇe)

  Modi script: 𑘩𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lahaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘏𑘜𑘹 (līkhaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘜𑘹 (līhaṇe), 𑘩𑘹𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lehaṇe)

  • Marathi: लिहिणे (lihiṇe)

References

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 151.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 326.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 210.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “likháti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit लिहति (liháti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *lizʰáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *liȷ́ʰáti, from Proto-Indo-European *liǵʰ-é-ti, from *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Cognate with Pali lihati.

Verb

𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï) (Devanagari लिहइ, Kannada ಲಿಹಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to lick

   Synonym: 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (caṭṭei)

Descendants

• Konkani: lễvce

  Devanagari script: लेंव्चे

  Kannada script: ಲೆಂವ್ಚೆ

  Latin script: levnche

References

• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 51.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lihati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press