As a Hindi name
लेख · noun · masculine
लिखे हुए अक्षर । लिपि · लिखी हुई बात · लिखावट । लिखाई — Śabdasāgara
लेख · adj
लेख्य । लिखने योग्य · लेखा करने योग्य । हिसाब के लायक — Śabdasāgara
लेख · lekha · s.m.
A writing; a letter, an epistle; a document; a bill — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेख · lekh · s.f.
A writing; handwriting, signature, &c. (see lekhā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेख · masculine
a writing; article; a writing; paper
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लेख — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lekha m. (cf. rekha) a line, stroke, MānGṛ.
(also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv.; Kāv.; VarBṛS. &c. (cf. kūṭa-l˚)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a line, stroke
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M1 · same meaning "lekha" is the vocative of "lekhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
lekha m. (cf. rekha) a line, stroke, MānGṛ.
(also pl.) a writing, letter, manuscript, written document of any kind, Hariv.; Kāv.; VarBṛS. &c. (cf. kūṭa-l˚)
a god, deity, Śiś.
= ābhoga, L.
N. of a man g. śivādi
lekhā f. See below.
lekhā f. (cf. rekhā) a scratch, streak, line, stroke, stripe, furrow, ŚBr. &c., &c.
Alternative readings
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