लिख्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লিখ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬶᬔ᭄ (Balinese script)
- লিখ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰰𑰏𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀺𑀔𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- လိခ် (Burmese script)
- લિખ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਿਖ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌿𑌖𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦶꦑ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂱𑂎𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಿಖ್ (Kannada script)
- លិខ៑ (Khmer script)
- ລິຂ຺ (Lao script)
- ലിഖ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡳᡘ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘱𑘏𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠢᠻ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧒𑦯𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐶𑐏𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଲିଖ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢶꢓ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆴𑆒𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖰𑖏𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ලිඛ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩑𑩝 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚮𑚋𑚶 (Takri script)
- லிக்² (Tamil script)
- లిఖ్ (Telugu script)
- ลิขฺ (Thai script)
- ལི་ཁ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒱𑒐𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨁𑨌𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /likʰ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ikʰ/
Root
लिख् • (likh)
Derived terms
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
- लिखति (likháti) (Present)
- लेखिष्यति (lekhiṣyáti) (Future)
- अलेकिष्यत् (álekiṣyat) (Conditional)
- अलेखीत् (álekhīt) (Aorist)
- लेखिषीष्ट (lekhiṣīṣṭá) (Benedictive)
- लिलेख (lilékha) (Perfect)
- Derived Nominal Forms
See also
- रेखा (rékhā, “scratch, line”)
References
- 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
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 504
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0858”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0858