As a Hindi name
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Śabdasāgara also records: तंत्र में अँगुलियों की एक प्रकार की मुद्रा
Cited formation "लेलिहा" is लेलिह + -आ: लेलिह means "जूँ । लीख", 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
Cited formation "लेलिहा" is लेलिह + -आ: लेलिह means "जूँ । लीख", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लभते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate) Sanskrit लभते (labhate) Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. ▲ Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ. Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei) Hindi लेना Inherited from Prakrit लेइ (lei), adapted from लहइ (lahaï) by analogy with देइ (dei, “give”) (whence Hindi देना (de…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. Mudrā or position of the fingers
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lelihā" is the feminine form of "leliha" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
lelihā f. a partic. Mudrā or position of the fingers, L.
leliha mfn. (fr. Intens.) ‘constantly licking’, a kind of parasitical worm, Car.; ŚārṅgS.
a serpent, snake, MBh.; BhP.
Alternative readings
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