لیکھ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /leː.kʰᵊ/, [leːkʰˑə̆]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi لیکھ (lekh /⁠lykh⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), ultimately from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, “document; writing”).

Noun

لیکھ • (lekh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖ)

1. fate (ie. destiny)

Declension

Declension of لیکھ

	singular	plural
direct	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھ (lekh)
oblique	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھاں (lekhāṉ)
vocative	لیکھا (lekhā)	لیکھو (lekho)
ablative	لیکھوں (lekhoṉ)	—
locative	لیکھے (lekhe)	لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ)
instrumental	لیکھوں (lekhoṉ)	–

Related terms

• لیکھا (lekhā)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi लेख (lekh), from Sanskrit लेख (lekha). Doublet of لیکھا (lekhā) and لیکھ (lekh).

Noun

لیکھ • (lekh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖ)

1. (chiefly India) article; document.

Declension

Declension of لیکھ

	singular	plural
direct	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھ (lekh)
oblique	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھاں (lekhāṉ)
vocative	لیکھا (lekhā)	لیکھو (lekho)
ablative	لیکھوں (lekhoṉ)	—
locative	لیکھے (lekhe)	لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ)
instrumental	لیکھوں (lekhoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لیکھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “لیکھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lēkhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 647

Urdu

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /leːkʰ/
• Rhymes: -eːkʰ

Noun

لیکھ • (lekh) m (Hindi spelling लेख) (rare or obsolete)

1. a writing
   1. article
   2. paper
   3. entry
   4. note
   5. inscription

Declension

Declension of لیکھ

	singular	plural
direct	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھ (lekh)
oblique	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھوں (lekhõ)
vocative	لیکھ (lekh)	لیکھو (lekho)

Derived terms

• لیکَھک (lekhak)

Related terms

• لِکْھنا (likhnā)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit लिक्षा (likṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /liːkʰ/
• Rhymes: -iːkʰ

Noun

لِیکھ • (līkh) f (Hindi spelling लीख)

1. nit
   1. the egg of a louse
   2. young louse

Declension

Declension of لیکھ

	singular	plural
direct	لِیکھ (līkh)	لِیکھیں (līkhẽ)
oblique	لِیکھ (līkh)	لِیکھوں (līkhõ)
vocative	لِیکھ (līkh)	لِیکھو (līkho)