As a Hindi name
लेखनी · noun · feminine
वह वस्तु जिससे लिखें या अक्षर बनावें । वणतूलिका । कलम । लिखनी । फौंटेन पेन · चमचा । कलछी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लेखनी · lekhanī · s.f.
An instrument for writing, a style; a writing-reed, reed-pen; a pen — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 975
लेखनी · feminine
pen
Cited formation "लेखनी" is लेख + -नी: लेख means "a writing", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "लेखनी" is लेखा + -नी: लेखा means "account, record", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लेखनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil, MBh.; VarBṛS.; Hcat. (m.c. also ˚ni)
a spoon, ladle (cf. ghṛta-l˚)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil, (m.c. also ˚ni)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lekhanī" is the feminine form of "lekhana" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil, MBh.; VarBṛS.; Hcat. (m.c. also ˚ni)
a spoon, ladle (cf. ghṛta-l˚)
lekhana mf(ī)n. scratching, scraping, scarifying, lancing, Suśr.
exciting, stimulating, attenuating, ib.; ŚārṅgS.; Bhpr.
Alternative readings
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