# लिख्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লিখ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬶᬔ᭄ (Balinese script)
* লিখ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰰𑰏𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀺𑀔𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* လိခ် (Burmese script)
* લિખ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਲਿਖ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌿𑌖𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦶꦑ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂱𑂎𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಿಖ್ (Kannada script)
* លិខ៑ (Khmer script)
* ລິຂ຺ (Lao script)
* ലിഖ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᡳᡘ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘱𑘏𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠢᠻ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑧒𑦯𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐶𑐏𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଲିଖ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢶꢓ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆴𑆒𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖰𑖏𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ලිඛ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩑𑩝 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚮𑚋𑚶 (Takri script)
* லிக்² (Tamil script)
* లిఖ్ (Telugu script)
* ลิขฺ (Thai script)
* ལི་ཁ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒱𑒐𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨁𑨌𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyḱ- (“scratch, line”), an extension of *h₁rey- (“scratch”). Cognate with English row, Ancient Greek ἐρείκω (ereíkō, “to rend, bruise, pound”), Lithuanian riekti (“to slice”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /likʰ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /l̪ikʰ/

### Root

लिख् • (likh)
* to scratch, scrape, furrow
* to produce by scratching, draw a line
* to engrave, inscribe, trace, write

#### Derived terms

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

##### Primary Verbal Forms

* लिखति (likháti, Present)
* लेखिष्यति (lekhiṣyáti, Future)
* अलेकिष्यत् (álekiṣyat, Conditional)
* अलेखीत् (álekhīt, Aorist)
* लेखिषीष्ट (lekhiṣīṣṭá, Benedictive)
* लिलेख (lilékha, Perfect)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* लेख (lekha)
* लेखक (lekhaka)
* लेखक (lekhaka)
* लेखन (lekhana)
* लेखनी (lekhanī)

### See also

* रेखा (rékhā, “scratch, line”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लिख्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 00901.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “लिख्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 147
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “लिख्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 478
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 457
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 504
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0858”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0858