𐨡𐨁𐨬𐨁𐨪

Niya Prakrit

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥‎ (dpywr /dibīr/).

Noun

𐨡𐨁𐨬𐨁𐨪 (divira)

  1. scribe

Alternative forms
  • 𐨟𐨁𐨬𐨁𐨪‎ (tivira)

References
  • Thomas Burrow (1937) The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan‎, London: Cambridge University Press, page 98
  • Stefan Baums; Andrew Glass (2016), “divira”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari
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