लेख

See also: लाख, लिखी, लिख, लिखा, लिखो, and लिखे

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /leːkʰ/, [l̪eːkʰ]

Noun

लेख • (lekh) m (Urdu spelling لیکھ‎)

a writing
1. article
  मैं रात भर लेख पर काम कर रही थी।
  ma͠i rāt bhar lekh par kām kar rahī thī.
  I was working on the article all night.
2. paper
3. entry
4. note
5. inscription

Declension

Declension of लेख (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लेख lekh	लेख lekh
oblique	लेख lekh	लेखों lekhõ
vocative	लेख lekh	लेखो lekho

Derived terms

लेखक (lekhak)

Related terms

लिखना (likhnā)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lekʰ/

Noun

लेख • (lekh) m

a writing
1. article
2. inscription

Nepali

Etymology 1

Compare लेख्नु (lekhnu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lek̞ʰ]

Phonetic Devanagari: लेख्

Noun

लेख • (lekh)

article (e.g. in a newspaper)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [le.kʰʌ]

Phonetic Devanagari: लेख

Verb

लेख • (lekha)

second-person mid-respect singular imperative of लेख्नु (lekhnu)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

रेख (rekha)

Alternative scripts

ᬮᬾᬔ (Balinese script)
লেখ (Assamese script)
লেখ (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰸𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑁂𑀔 (Brahmi script)
𑌲𑍇𑌖 (Grantha script)
લેખ (Gujarati script)
ਲੇਖ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦭꦺꦑ (Javanese script)
លេខ (Khmer script)
ಲೇಖ (Kannada script)
ເລຂ (Lao script)
ലേഖ (Malayalam script)
𑘩𑘹𑘏 (Modi script)
ᠯᠧᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠯᡝᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
လေခ (Burmese script)
𑧉𑧚𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐾𑐏 (Newa script)
ଲେଖ (Oriya script)
ꢭꢾꢓ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆼𑆒 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖸𑖏 (Siddham script)
ලේඛ (Sinhalese script)
లేఖ (Telugu script)
เลข (Thai script)
ལེ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒹𑒐 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root लिख् (likh, “to write”) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐj.kʰɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪eː.kʰɐ/

Noun

लेख • (lekha) m

a line, stroke, MānGṛ.
(also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लेख (lekha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लेखः lekhaḥ	लेखौ lekhau	लेखाः / लेखासः¹ lekhāḥ / lekhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	लेख lekha	लेखौ lekhau	लेखाः / लेखासः¹ lekhāḥ / lekhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	लेखम् lekham	लेखौ lekhau	लेखान् lekhān
Instrumental	लेखेन lekhena	लेखाभ्याम् lekhābhyām	लेखैः / लेखेभिः¹ lekhaiḥ / lekhebhiḥ¹
Dative	लेखाय lekhāya	लेखाभ्याम् lekhābhyām	लेखेभ्यः lekhebhyaḥ
Ablative	लेखात् lekhāt	लेखाभ्याम् lekhābhyām	लेखेभ्यः lekhebhyaḥ
Genitive	लेखस्य lekhasya	लेखयोः lekhayoḥ	लेखानाम् lekhānām
Locative	लेखे lekhe	लेखयोः lekhayoḥ	लेखेषु lekheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “लेख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 00901.

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