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The study of old or ancient forms of writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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Paleogeography.
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Usage: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: archeology, archaeology
Narrower terms: epigraphy
From paleo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
paleografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Arabic:
عِلْم الكِتَابَات القَدِيمَة
(ʕilm al-kitābāt al-qadīma)
— study of old forms of writing
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Armenian:
հնագրություն
(hnagrutʻyun)
— study of old forms of writing
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Asturian:
paleografía
— study of old forms of writing
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Azerbaijani:
paleoqrafiya
— study of old forms of writing
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Bashkir:
палеография
(paleografiya)
— study of old forms of writing
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Basque:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Belarusian:
палеаграфія
(paljeahrafija)
— study of old forms of writing
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Bulgarian:
палеография
(paleografija)
— study of old forms of writing
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Catalan:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Chinese Cantonese:
古文字學 /古文字学
(gu2 man4 zi6 hok6)
— study of old forms of writing
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Chinese Mandarin:
古文字學 /古文字学
(gǔwénzìxué)
— study of old forms of writing
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Wu Chinese:
古文字学
— study of old forms of writing
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Chuvash:
палеографи
(paleografi)
— study of old forms of writing
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Czech:
paleografie
— study of old forms of writing
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Danish:
palæografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Dutch:
paleografie
— study of old forms of writing
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Esperanto:
paleografio
— study of old forms of writing
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Estonian:
paleograafia
— study of old forms of writing
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Finnish:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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French:
paléographie
— study of old forms of writing
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Galician:
paleografía
— study of old forms of writing
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Georgian:
პალეოგრაფია
(ṗaleograpia)
— study of old forms of writing
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German:
Paläografie
— study of old forms of writing
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German:
Paläographie
— study of old forms of writing
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Greek:
παλαιογραφία
(palaiografía)
— study of old forms of writing
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Hebrew:
פלאוגרפיה
— study of old forms of writing
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Hindi:
पुरालेखविद्या
(purālekhvidyā)
— study of old forms of writing
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Hungarian:
paleográfia
— study of old forms of writing
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Icelandic:
handritafræði
— study of old forms of writing
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Ido:
paleografio
— study of old forms of writing
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Indonesian:
paleografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Italian:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Japanese:
古文書学
(komonjogaku)
— study of old forms of writing
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Kazakh:
палеография
(paleografiä)
— study of old forms of writing
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Korean:
고문자학
(gomunjahak)
— study of old forms of writing
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Kyrgyz:
палеография
(paleografiya)
— study of old forms of writing
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Latin:
palaeographia
— study of old forms of writing
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Latvian:
paleogrāfija
— study of old forms of writing
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Luxembourgish:
Paleographie
— study of old forms of writing
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Macedonian:
палеографија
(paleografija)
— study of old forms of writing
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Marathi:
लिपिशास्त्र
(lipiśāstra)
— study of old forms of writing
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Norwegian:
paleografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Persian:
کتیبهشناسی
— study of old forms of writing
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Polish:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Portuguese:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Romanian:
paleografie
— study of old forms of writing
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Russian:
палеогра́фия
(paleográfija)
— study of old forms of writing
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Serbo-Croatian:
палеогра̀фија
— study of old forms of writing
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Serbo-Croatian:
paleogràfija
— study of old forms of writing
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Slovak:
paleografia
— study of old forms of writing
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Slovene:
paleografija
— study of old forms of writing
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Spanish:
paleografía
— study of old forms of writing
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Swedish:
paleografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Tagalog:
dalubtalandaan
— study of old forms of writing
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Turkish:
paleografi
— study of old forms of writing
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Turkmen:
paleografiýa
— study of old forms of writing
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Ukrainian:
палеографія
(paleohrafija)
— study of old forms of writing
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Uzbek:
paleografiya
— study of old forms of writing
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Vietnamese:
cổ văn tự học
— study of old forms of writing
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Volapük:
vönapenav
— study of old forms of writing
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Welsh:
palaeograffeg
— study of old forms of writing
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Yiddish:
פּאַלעאָגראַפֿיע
(paleografye)
— study of old forms of writing
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Chinese Mandarin:
古文字
(gǔwénzì)
— ancient scripts or forms of writing
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Finnish:
vanhat kirjoitustyylit
— ancient scripts or forms of writing
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Portuguese:
paleografia
— ancient scripts or forms of writing
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Spanish:
paleografía
— ancient scripts or forms of writing