As a Hindi name
लेखक · noun · masculine
जो किसी बात की अक्षरों में उतारे । लिखनेवाला । लिपिकार । लिपिक · चित्र लिखनेवाला । चित्रकार (को॰) · किसी विषय पर लिखकर अपने विचार प्रकट करनेवाला । लेख लिखनेवाला । ग्रंथकार । जैसे,—इस पुस्तक का लेखक कौन है ? — Śabdasāgara
लेखक · lekhak · s.m.
(f. -ikā), A writer, scribe, copyist, clerk, amanuensis; an author; an accountant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेखक · masculine
writer; author; scribe
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Sanskrit लिख् (likh) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Sanskrit -अक (-aka) Sanskrit लेखक (lekhaka)bor. Hindi लेखक Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखक (lekhaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a writer, scribe, clerk, secretary, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "lekhaka" is derived from "lekha" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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˚)
lekhaka m. a writer, scribe, clerk, secretary, Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
one who delineates or paints, MW.
Dictionary citations
lekhaka m. a writer, scribe, clerk, secretary, Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
one who delineates or paints, MW.
lekhaka n. a writing, written message, Subh.
a calculation (˚kaṃ √ kṛ, to make a calculation, reckon), Mṛcch.
lekhaka m. (-kaḥ) A writer, a scribe, a clerk, a copyist, &c. E. lisva to write, aff. ṇvul.
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˚)
Alternative readings
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