The History of Ink/Translations

by Thaddeus Davids

FORM OF THE WORD INK
IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Hebrew: דּיוֹ‎

Chaldaic: ܕܝܘ DỶṒ

Sanskrit: मसि

Greek: Μελαν (Melan)

Latin: ATRAMEUTUM (Scriptorum)

Mediaeval Latin: ENCANSTUM

China: 墨水 MĬH SHWUY (liquid ink)

China:„ 墨 MĬH (Chinese ink)

Canton dialect: MAK SHUY

Hindostan: کالی KALI

Bengal: কালী KALI

Shingalese: මසි

Burmese: မင်

Malayhim: മഷി

Maratha: शाइ

Persia: سیاهی‎ SIYAHI

Sinic: 墨

Turkey: مُرَكِّب‎ MUREKKEB

Armenia: Սեաւ

Thibet: སྣག་ཚ་

Anamitic: MƯC VIẾT

Malay: دوات‎ DAWĀT

Japan: スミ

Java: MANULYSAN

Egyptian: ϪⲪⲎⲞⲨⲦ

Coptic: ϪⲪⲎⲞⲨⲦ

Amharic: ቀለም

Algerian: سّمخ SIMEKH

Aethopic: ሕመት

Arabic: حبر‎ HBR, HIBR, HIBAR.

French: ENCRE $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$Old French ENQUE
Breton LYOU
Provincal ANCRA$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$

German: Tinte (Tinte.) $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$Low Dutch
Flamande
Hollandais$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ INK

Spanish: TINTA

Portugese: TINTA

Italian: INCHIOSTRO

Piedmontese: INCIOSTR

Russian: ᠪᠡᠬᠡ чернила $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$Lettish BLANKA
Lettauish TINTA

Polish: INKAUST

Hungarian: TENTA

Bunda or Argolense: TINTA

Bohemia: INGAUST

Basque: CORANSIA

Illyrian: INGOAS

Danish: BLÆC

Swedish: BLÄCK

Laplandish: BLEKK

Greenlandish: BLEK

Icelandish: BLEK

English: INK $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$Old English ENKE, INKE, YNKE
Anglo-Saxon BLÆC

Welsh: DU, ENGE

Gaelic: DUBHADH

Irish: Duḃ DUBH

Peruvian: YANATULLPU

Chillian: CHILLCAMOM

Mexican: THLLI

Guarani: TIV́̑ TIRV́̑ (Tinta)

Caribee Islands: OÚLITI or OÚLITACLE