लिख्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (scratch, line), an extension of *rey- (scratch). Cognate with English row.

Pronunciation

Root

लिख् (likh)

  1. to scratch, scrape, furrow
  2. to produce by scratching, draw a line
  3. to engrave, inscribe, trace, write

Derived terms

See also

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
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