writing

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
 * 2)  Something written, such as a document, article or book.
 * 3)  The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
 * 4)  A work of an author.
 * 5)  The style of writing of a person.
 * 6)  Intended for or used in writing.
 * 1)  Intended for or used in writing.
 * 1)  Intended for or used in writing.

Synonyms

 * : text
 * : document, manuscript, text
 * : work
 * : hand, handwriting
 * : alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skryfwerk
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: መጻፍ
 * Arabic: كِتَابَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: كتابة
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: כתבא
 * Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ
 * Armenian:, գրելը,
 * Aromanian: scriari, scriiturã
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: яҙма
 * Basque: idazketa
 * Belarusian: пісьмо́, пі́сьменнасць
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: skritur
 * Bulgarian: писане
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: sykýˀ-ja-
 * Chechen: йаздар
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: skribo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: scriture
 * Galician: escrita
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γραφή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: scríbhneoireacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: pamagsulat, pamanyulat
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ការ សរសេរ
 * Korean: 쓰기,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نوسین
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ການ​ຂຽນ
 * Latin:, codex, caudex
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Schrëft
 * Macedonian: пишување
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: kitba
 * Marathi: लेखन
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: êcrituthe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schreft
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਲਿਖਾਈ
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: писање
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: písmo, písanie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tuoba: 地何
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: писе́мність
 * Urdu: لیکھن
 * Uyghur: يېزىق
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שריפֿט
 * Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib


 * Acehnese: teunuléh
 * Arabic: كِتَابَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: كتابة
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: כתבא
 * Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: scriari, scriiturã
 * Bashkir: яҙма
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: skribaĵo
 * Estonian: kirjutis
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: scriture
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: γραφή, δέλτος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Latin:
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: लेखन
 * Norman: êcrithie
 * Plautdietsch: Schreft
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: zapis
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:
 * Yucatec Maya: tsʼíib


 * Bashkir: яҙыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:, kepenulisan
 * Interlingua: scriptura
 * Korean: 쓰기
 * Ladino:
 * Latin: eskritura
 * Latin:
 * Luganda: okuwandiika
 * Norman: êcrituthe
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: pisanje
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: panulatan
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: письмо́
 * Võro: kirotaminõ


 * Bashkir: әҫәр
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: kirjutis, kirjatöö, teos
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نوسین
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:, రచనలు
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bashkir: яҙыу, ҡул
 * Bulgarian: почерк
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Luganda: empandiika
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: panulatan
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: по́черк


 * Dutch: schrijf-
 * Estonian: kirjutus-
 * Finnish:
 * German: Schrift-
 * Greek: γραφο-
 * Swahili:

Etymology 2
From, , , , from , present participle of , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * What are you doing? ―  Um, I’m writing.  ―  You are writing! You are writing a lot!
 * What are you doing? ―  Um, I’m writing.  ―  You are writing! You are writing a lot!

Etymology
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