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)

1. 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

1. a writing
   1. article
   2. inscription

Nepali

Etymology 1

Compare लेख्नु (lekhnu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lek̞ʰ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: लेख्

Noun

लेख • (lekh)

1. article (e.g. in a newspaper)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [le.kʰʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: लेख

Verb

लेख • (lekha)

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रेख (rekha)

Alternative scripts

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

1. a line, stroke, MānGṛ.
2. (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.