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Kharoshthi

Kharoshthi proper noun: a script used in ancient Gandhara (primarily modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) to write the Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit.

Proper noun

Kharoshthi

  1. A script used in ancient Gandhara (primarily modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) to write the Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit.

Origin of Kharoshthi

Borrowed from Sanskrit खरोष्ठी (kharoṣṭhī, “Kharoshthi script”).

Questions about Kharoshthi

What does Kharoshthi mean?
Kharoshthi means a script used in ancient Gandhara (primarily modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) to write the Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit.
What part of speech is Kharoshthi?
Kharoshthi is a proper noun.

Words near Kharoshthi in the dictionary

  1. Kharkivite
  2. Kharkivites
  3. Kharkov
  4. Kharnak
  5. Kharnakling
  6. Kharoshthi
  7. Kharosthi
  8. kharouba
  9. kharoubas
  10. Kharp
  11. Kharput

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