Mahajani
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Mahajani is a Laṇḍā mercantile script that was historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records in Marwari, Hindi and Punjabi. It is a Brahmic script and is written left-to-right. Mahajani refers to the Hindi word for 'bankers' or 'moneylenders', also known as 'sarrafi' or 'kothival' (merchant).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mahajani is referenced by 557 other articles, and connects out to Georgian scripts, Ulu scripts and cuneiform.
It is catalogued under topics including History of accounting, Obsolete writing systems and Punjabi language.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unicase alphabet
- Subclass of
- abugida
- Named after
- banker
- Country
- Pakistan
- Based on
- Laṇḍā scripts
- Image
- Mahajani Script.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mahajani script
- Unicode range
- U+11150-1117F
- name
- mahâjanî
- native label
- 𑅬𑅱𑅛𑅧𑅑
- inception
- 1900-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Characters
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Unicode
- References
- Further reading
Mahajani is a Laṇḍā mercantile script that was historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records in Marwari, Hindi and Punjabi. It is a Brahmic script and is written left-to-right. Mahajani refers to the Hindi word for 'bankers' or 'moneylenders', also known as 'sarrafi' or 'kothival' (merchant).
== Names == There are various names for the script based upon region, such as Marwari, Sarafi, Rajasthani, Baniaie, Landa or Mudia/Modiya.
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