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Shilpi
Shilpi comes from Hindi शिल्पी ‘artisan, craftsman, sculptor, architect’, and goes back to Sanskrit शिल्प ‘the art of variegation’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशिल्प‘the art of variegation’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशिल्पिन्‘an artificer, artisan, craftsman, artist’
- Hindic. 1500–presentशिल्पीśilpī‘artisan, craftsman, sculptor, architect’
- EnglishtodayShilpi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशिल्प‘the art of variegation’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशिल्पिन्‘an artificer, artisan, craftsman, artist’
- Hindic. 1500–presentशिल्पीśilpī‘artisan, craftsman, sculptor, architect’
- EnglishtodayShilpi
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to mark, paint’
picture, fish, paint, file, feud, pint, depiction, depict, pigment, pictorial, pimento, piscina, 26 more
Today it means
name A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit शिल्प / Shilpi