The History of Ink/Translations
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 Old French ENQUE
Breton LYOU
Provincal ANCRA
German: Tinte (Tinte.) Low Dutch
Flamande
Hollandais INK
Spanish: TINTA
Portugese: TINTA
Italian: INCHIOSTRO
Piedmontese: INCIOSTR
Russian: ᠪᠡᠬᠡ чернила 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 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