Etymology

Kharoshthi

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Today it means: A script used in ancient Gandhara (primarily modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan) to write the Gandhari Prakrit and Sanskrit. Full definition →

Sanskrit खरोष्ठी
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromखरोष्ठी“Kharoshthi script”
  2. English todayKharoshthi

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

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