Prakrit

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Etymology 1

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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.

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

  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.
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  • 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

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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.

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

  1. to lick
    Synonym: 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (caṭṭei)
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