लिपि
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See also: लिपी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit लिपि (lipi). Compare Gujarati લિપિ (lipi), Punjabi ਲਿਪੀ (lipī) / ਲਿਪਿ (lipi), Marathi लिपी (lipī), Bengali লিপি (lipi) and Malayalam ലിപി (lipi).
Pronunciation
Noun
लिपि • (lipi) f
Declension
Declension of लिपि (fem i-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लिपि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- লিপি (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬶᬧᬶ (Balinese script)
- লিপি (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰰𑰢𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- လိပိ (Burmese script)
- લિપિ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਿਪਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌿𑌪𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦶꦥꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂱𑂣𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಿಪಿ (Kannada script)
- លិបិ (Khmer script)
- ລິປິ (Lao script)
- ലിപി (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡳᢒᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘱𑘢𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠢᢒᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧒𑧂𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଲିପି (Odia script)
- ꢭꢶꢦꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆴𑆥𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖰𑖢𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ලිපි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩑𑩰𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚮𑚞𑚮 (Takri script)
- லிபி (Tamil script)
- లిపి (Telugu script)
- ลิปิ (Thai script)
- ལི་པི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒱𑒣𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨁𑨞𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi), from an older form 𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 (dipi), from Elamite 𒁾 (/tippi/), from Akkadian 𒁾 (/ṭuppu/, “tablet, document, letter”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
लिपि • (lipi) stem, f
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of लिपि (lipi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | लिपिः lipiḥ |
लिपी lipī |
लिपयः lipayaḥ |
| Vocative | लिपे lipe |
लिपी lipī |
लिपयः lipayaḥ |
| Accusative | लिपिम् lipim |
लिपी lipī |
लिपीः lipīḥ |
| Instrumental | लिप्या / लिपी¹ lipyā / lipī¹ |
लिपिभ्याम् lipibhyām |
लिपिभिः lipibhiḥ |
| Dative | लिपये / लिप्यै² / लिपी¹ lipaye / lipyai² / lipī¹ |
लिपिभ्याम् lipibhyām |
लिपिभ्यः lipibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | लिपेः / लिप्याः² / लिप्यै³ lipeḥ / lipyāḥ² / lipyai³ |
लिपिभ्याम् lipibhyām |
लिपिभ्यः lipibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | लिपेः / लिप्याः² / लिप्यै³ lipeḥ / lipyāḥ² / lipyai³ |
लिप्योः lipyoḥ |
लिपीनाम् lipīnām |
| Locative | लिपौ / लिप्याम्² / लिपा¹ lipau / lipyām² / lipā¹ |
लिप्योः lipyoḥ |
लिपिषु lipiṣu |
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Derived terms
- लिपिकार (lipikāra)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लिपि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 902/2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 443-444