𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀇 (lehaï)
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï) (Devanagari लिहइ, Kannada ಲಿಹಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)
- 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.
- Each time she tries to write a letter to her husband on his travels,
- jaṃ-jaṃ paütthapaïā piaamaṇāmakkharaṃ lihaï lehe
- 𑀚𑀁-𑀚𑀁 𑀧𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀧𑀇𑀆 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀁 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑁂
Descendants
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: लहणे (lahaṇe), लिखणे (likhaṇe), लिहणे (lihaṇe), लेहणे (lehaṇe)
- Modi: 𑘩𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lahaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘏𑘜𑘹 (līkhaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘜𑘹 (līhaṇe), 𑘩𑘹𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lehaṇe)
- Marathi: लिहिणे (lihiṇe)
References
- 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, volume VIII, issue 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
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.
Verb
𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï) (Devanagari लिहइ, Kannada ಲಿಹಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)
Descendants
- Konkani: lễvce
- Devanagari: लेंव्चे
- Kannada: ಲೆಂವ್ಚೆ
- Latin: levnche
References
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 51.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lihati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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