As a Hindi name
लेश · noun · masculine
अणु · छुटाई । सूक्षमता · चिह्न । निशान — Śabdasāgara
लेश · adj
अल्प थोड़ा — Śabdasāgara
लेश · leśa · s.m.
= ليس les, 'littleness,' &c., q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 974
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a small part or portion, particle, atom, little bit or slight trace of (gen. or comp.; -tas and ena, Ind. = very slightly or briefly; leśa-śas, in small pieces, ), &c.
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Dictionary citations
leśa m. a small part or portion, particle, atom, little bit or slight trace of (gen. or comp.; -tas and ena, Ind. = very slightly or briefly; leśa-śas, in small pieces, R.), Prāt.; ChUp.; MBh. &c.
smallness, littleness, W.
a partic. division or short space of time (= 2 or 12 Kalās), L.
a kind of song, L.
(in rhet.) a figure of speech in which a statement is made indirectly (e.g. Veṇīs. ii, 4), Sāh.
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