inscribe در-وِشتن، در-ویسیدن darveštan, darvisidan Fr.: inscrire To mark with words, characters, etc., especially in a durable or
conspicuous way.
Geometry: To draw within another figure so that the
inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at
as many points as possible: e.g. to inscribe a circle in a square.
Etymology (EN): From L. inscribere, from → in- + scribere
“to write,” from PIE *skreibh- (cf. Gk. skariphasthai
“to scratch an outline, sketch;” Lett. skripat “scratch, write;” 0
O.N. hrifa “scratch”); PIE base *sker- “cut, incise.” Etymology (PE): Darveštan, darvisidan (on the model of neveštan,
nevisidan “to write”),
from dar-, → in-, + vešt-, vis- (see below) - -idan
infinitive suffix. Vešt-, vis- from Mid.Pers. bišt-, bis-
(nibištan, nibes- “to write”), from O.Pers. pais- “to adorn,
cut, engrave,” Av. paēs- “to paint, adorn,” paēsa- “adornment,”
Mid.Pers. pēsīdan “to adorn;” cf.
Skt. piśáti “adorns; cuts;” Gk. poikilos “multicolored;”
L. pingit “embroiders, paints;” O.C.S. pisati “to write;”
O.H.G. fēh “multicolored;” Lith. piēšti “to draw, adorn;”
PIE base *peik- “colored, speckled.”
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