लेहना

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀳𑀡 (lehaṇa) from Sanskrit लेहन (lehana)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /leːɦ.nɑː/, [leːʱ.näː]

Noun

लेहना • (lehnā) m

1. green chopped millet fodder
2. a portion of cut crops (payment in kind to harvesters
3. pasture

References

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