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Brahmi|ˈbrɑːmiː|
[Skr.]
The name of one of the oldest alphabets of India, probably of Semitic origin.
1895G. Buhler Orig. Indian Brāhma Alphabet 33 The Brāhmī lipi is the real old Indian alphabet, which was popularly used in the third century b.c. all over India. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 901/2 The alphabets of India all spring from two sources: (a) the Kharoṣṭhī, (b) the Brāhmī alphabet. 1920Blackw. Mag. May 621/2 A long inscription in Brahmi characters of about 150 b.c. 1963A. H. Dani Indian Palaeogr. iii. 28 This similarity hardly leaves any doubt that Indian Brāhmī was created on the basis of the North Semitic letters. |