लिपि

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
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɪ.piː/

Noun

लिपि • (lipi) f

  1. writing, script
  2. letter, character

Declension
Declension of लिपि (fem i-stem)
singular plural
direct लिपि
lipi		 लिपियाँ
lipiyā̃
oblique लिपि
lipi		 लिपियों
lipiyõ
vocative लिपि
lipi		 लिपियो
lipiyo

References

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

  1. writing
  2. inscription
  3. written document
  4. painting, drawing

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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

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
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