लेखा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /leː.kʰɑː/, [leː.kʰäː]

Etymology 1

From , from Sanskrit लेख्य (lekhya, “document; writing”).

Noun

लेखा • (lekhā) m

1. account, record

   Synonym: हिसाब (hisāb)

2. estimate, reckoning, evaluation

   (deprecated template usage) उसके लेखे से ― uske lekhe se ― by his reckoning

   Synonyms: अंदाज़ (andāz), अनुमान (anumān), कूत (kūt)

Derived terms

• लेखाकार (lekhākār, “accountant”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लेखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lēkhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखा (lekhā), रेखा (rekhā). Doublet of रेखा (rekhā).

Noun

लेखा • (lekhā) m

1. (in compounds) Synonym of रेखा (rekhā, “line”)

Derived terms

• लेखाचित्र (lekhācitra)