# लिखति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* रिखति (rikháti)

### Alternative scripts

* লিখতি (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬶᬔᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* লিখতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰰𑰏𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀺𑀔𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* လိခတိ (Burmese script)
* લિખતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਲਿਖਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌿𑌖𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦶꦑꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂱𑂎𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಿಖತಿ (Kannada script)
* លិខតិ (Khmer script)
* ລິຂຕິ (Lao script)
* ലിഖതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᡳᡘᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘱𑘏𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠢᠻᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑧒𑦯𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐶𑐏𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଲିଖତି (Odia script)
* ꢭꢶꢓꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆴𑆒𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖰𑖏𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ලිඛති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩑𑩝𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚮𑚋𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* லிக²தி (Tamil script)
* లిఖతి (Telugu script)
* ลิขติ (Thai script)
* ལི་ཁ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒱𑒐𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨁𑨌𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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. 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /li.kʰɐ́.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈl̪i.kʰɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

लिखति • (likháti) third-singular indicative (class 6, type P, present, root लिख्)
* to scratch, scrape
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
* to pierce, lance, scarify
** c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
* to write, inscribe, engrave
** c. 900 BCE – 700 BCE, Brāhmaṇas
* to peck (of a bird)
** c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa
** 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā

#### Descendants

* 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

### References

* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*rei̯k$^{(u̯)}$h₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 504
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “REKH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 457
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “लिख्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901, column 1.