लेख

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

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /leːkʰ/

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

   Synonym: लिखाण (likhāṇ)

2. article
3. inscription

Declension

Declension of लेख (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	लेख lekh
direct plural	लेख lekh
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	लेख lekh		लेख lekh
oblique सामान्यरूप	लेखा lekhā		लेखां- lekhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	लेखाला lekhālā		लेखांना lekhānnā
ergative	लेखाने, लेखानं lekhāne, lekhāna		लेखांनी lekhānnī
instrumental	लेखाशी lekhāśī		लेखांशी lekhānśī
locative सप्तमी	लेखात lekhāt		लेखांत lekhāt
vocative संबोधन	लेखा lekhā		लेखांनो lekhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of लेख (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	लेखाचा lekhāċā	लेखाचे lekhāċe	लेखाची lekhācī	लेखाच्या lekhācā	लेखाचे, लेखाचं lekhāċe, lekhāċa	लेखाची lekhācī	लेखाच्या lekhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	लेखांचा lekhānċā	लेखांचे lekhānċe	लेखांची lekhāñcī	लेखांच्या lekhāncā	लेखांचे, लेखांचं lekhānċe, lekhānċa	लेखांची lekhāñcī	लेखांच्या lekhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

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

• লেখ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬾᬔ (Balinese script)
• লেখ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰸𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑁂𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• လေခ (Burmese script)
• લેખ (Gujarati script)
• ਲੇਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑍇𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦺꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂵𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ಲೇಖ (Kannada script)
• លេខ (Khmer script)
• ເລຂ (Lao script)
• ലേഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡝᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘹𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠧᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧚𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐾𑐏 (Newa script)
• ଲେଖ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢾꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆼𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖸𑖏 (Siddham script)
• ලෙඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩔𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚲𑚋 (Takri script)
• லேக² (Tamil script)
• లేఖ (Telugu script)
• เลข (Thai script)
• ལེ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒹𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨄𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐj.kʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪eː.kʰɐ/

Noun

लेख • (lekha) stem, 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 / लेखा¹ lekhau / lekhā¹	लेखाः / लेखासः¹ lekhāḥ / lekhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	लेख lekha	लेखौ / लेखा¹ lekhau / lekhā¹	लेखाः / लेखासः¹ lekhāḥ / lekhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	लेखम् lekham	लेखौ / लेखा¹ lekhau / lekhā¹	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

Descendants

• → Khmer: លេខ (leek), លេខា (leikhaa)
• → Lao: ເລກ (lēk), ເລຂາ (lē khā)
• → Thai: เลข (lêek), เลขา (lee-kǎa)

References

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