๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Old Persian ๐Žฎ๐Žก๐Žฑ๐Žก (dipi), from Elamite ๐’พ (/โ tippiโ /), from Akkadian ๐’พ๐’๐’Œ (แนญuppum, โ€œtablet, document, letterโ€), borrowed from Sumerian ๐’พ (dub, โ€œtabletโ€).

Noun

๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ (dipif (Shahbazgarhi, Mansehra)

  1. writing; a document
  2. script

Alternative forms

Attested at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi.

Dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (โ€œwritingโ€)
Variety Location Lemmas Forms
East Dhauli ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (lipi)
Jaugada ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (lipi)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ (dipi)
Mansehra ๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ (dipi)
West Girnar ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (lipi)
Note Borrowed from Old Persian
Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (โ€œwritingโ€)
๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ (lipi) (3)
๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ (dipi) (2)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œlipiโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press