As a Hindi name
रेखा · noun · feminine
सूत के आकार का लंबा गया हुआ चिह्न । दंडाकार चिह्न । डंड़ी । लकीर · किसी वस्तु का सूचक चिह्न । दृढ़ अंक · गणना । शुमार । गिनती — Śabdasāgara
रेखा · rekhā · s.f.
Line; streak, stripe; row, series; mark — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 612
रेखा · feminine
a female given name, Rekha, from Sanskrit
रेखा · feminine
line; mark; sign; curve, stroke; fate; destiny
Cited formation "रेखा" is रेख + -आ: रेख means "A line, &c. ( = rekhā, q.v.)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "रेखा" is रेखना + -आ: रेखना means "स॰ [सं॰ रेखन या लेखन]", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रेखा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā). Doublet of लेखा (lekhā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rekhā f. See below.
rekhā f. a scratch, streak, stripe, line, Gṛhyās.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the first or prime meridian (considered to be a line drawn from Laṅkā to Meru i.e. from Ceylon [supposed to lie on the equator] to the north pole)
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M1 · same meaning "rekhā" is the feminine form of "rekha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
rekhā f. See below.
rekhā f. a scratch, streak, stripe, line, Gṛhyās.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
a continuous line, row, range, series, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the first or prime meridian (considered to be a line drawn from Laṅkā to Meru i.e. from Ceylon [supposed to lie on the equator] to the north pole), Sūryas.
a right or straight position of all the limbs in dancing, Saṃgīt.
rekha m. (mc. for rekhā, fr. √ rikh = likh) a scratch, line, Caurap.
N. of a man g. śivādi
Alternative readings
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