लिखति

• रिखति (rikháti)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *rikh₂-é-ti, from *reyk(ʷ)h₂- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Lithuanian riekiù (“to cut, carve”), riēkti.^[1] Compare रेखा (rekhā, “scratch, line”).

Potentially connected to Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyḱ- (“to break, scratch”). Compare Sanskrit लिशति (liśáti), रिशति (riśáti), Khotanese rräjsā, rräjsaa (“sharp”) (possibly), Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”), Middle Dutch riën (“to sew together”), Latin rixa (“quarrel, brawl”). This is less phonologically sound, given the aspirated kh in Sanskrit. Some have proposed an extension to the root with *-h₂ to account for this.^[2][3]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /li.kʰɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪i.kʰɐ.t̪i/

लिखति • (likháti) third-singular indicative (class 6, type P, present, root लिख्)^[4]

1. to scratch, scrape
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. to pierce, lance, scarify
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
3. to write, inscribe, engrave
   • c. 900 BCE – 700 BCE, Brāhmaṇas
4. to peck (of a bird)
   • c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ލިޔަނީ (liyanī)
  • Sinhalese: ලියනවා (liyanawā)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Dogri: लिखना (likhnā)
  • Nepali: लेख्नु (lekhnu)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: লিখা (likha)
  • Bengali: লেখা (lekha)
  • Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠈꠣ (lexá)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï), 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀇 (lehaï)
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: लहणे (lahaṇe), लिखणे (likhaṇe), लिहणे (lihaṇe), लेहणे (lehaṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘩𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lahaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘏𑘜𑘹 (līkhaṇe), 𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘜𑘹 (līhaṇe), 𑘩𑘹𑘮𑘜𑘹 (lehaṇe)

    • Marathi: लिहिणे (lihiṇe)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਲਿਖਣਾ (likhṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: لِکھنا (likhnā)

• Pali: likhati
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀤𑀺 (lihadi), *𑀮𑀺𑀔𑀤𑀺 (*likhadi)
  • Gujarati: લખવું (lakhvũ)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: लिखना (likhnā)

    Urdu: لکھنا (likhnā)

  • Sindhi:

    Devanagari script: लिखणु

    Arabic script: لِکَڻُ