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).
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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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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