epigraphy

English

Etymology

From epigraph +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈpɪɡ.ɹə.fi/, [ʔɨˈpʰɪːɡ.ɹə.fiː]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

epigraphy (usually uncountable, plural epigraphies)

1. Inscriptions collectively.
2. The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.

Related terms

• epigraph
• epigrapher
• epigraphic

Translations

study of inscriptions

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: epigrafia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金石學／金石学 (zh) (jīnshíxué)

• Czech: epigrafika (cs) f
• Dutch: epigrafie (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: epigrafia
• French: épigraphie (fr) f
• Galician: epigrafía (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Epigraphik f
• Greek: επιγραφική (el) f (epigrafikí)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 金石学 (きんせきがく, kinsekigaku)
• Khmer: អភិលេខន៍ (ak phi lekh)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: epîgrafî (ku) f

• Latin: epigraphia f
• Latvian: epigrāfika (lv) f
• Portuguese: epigrafia (pt) f
• Romanian: epigrafie (ro) f
• Russian: эпигра́фика (ru) f (epigráfika)
• Spanish: epigrafía f
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yazıt bilimi (tr), epigrafi (tr)
• Vietnamese: kim thạch học, minh văn học

See also

• pseudepigraphy

Further reading

• epigraphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia