As a Hindi name
लेखन · noun · masculine
[वि॰ लेखनीय, लेख्य] · लिखने का कार्य । अक्षराविन्यास । अक्षर बनाना · लिखने की कला या विद्या — Śabdasāgara
लेखन · adj
खुरचनेवाला · दीप्त करनेवाला । उत्तेजक — Śabdasāgara
लेखन · lekhan · s.m.
Scratching, scraping — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेखन · lekhan · s.f.
= lekhanī, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेखन · masculine
writing, composition
Cited formation "लेखन" is लेख + -न: लेख means "a writing", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "लेखन" is लेखना + -न: लेखना means "To scratch, scrape", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लेखन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखन (lekhana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lekhana mf(ī)n. scratching, scraping, scarifying, lancing, Suśr.
exciting, stimulating, attenuating, ib.; ŚārṅgS.; Bhpr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of scratching or scraping, lancing, scarifying
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Dictionary citations
lekhana mf(ī)n. scratching, scraping, scarifying, lancing, Suśr.
exciting, stimulating, attenuating, ib.; ŚārṅgS.; Bhpr.
lekhana m. Saccharum Spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made), W.
lekhana n. the act of scratching or scraping, lancing, scarifying, Car.; Suśr.
touching, coming in contact (said of heavenly bodies), AV.Pariś.
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