لیکھ
Punjabi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /leː.kʰᵊ/, [leːkʰˑə̆]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Punjabi لیکھ (lekh /lykh/), from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), ultimately from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, “document; writing”).
Noun
لیکھ • (lekh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لیکھ (lekh) | لیکھ (lekh) |
| oblique | لیکھ (lekh) | لیکھاں (lekhāṉ) |
| vocative | لیکھا (lekhā) | لیکھو (lekho) |
| ablative | لیکھوں (lekhoṉ) | لیکھاں (lekhāṉ) |
| locative | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ) |
| instrumental | لیکھوں (lekhoṉ) | – |
Related terms
- لیکھا (lekhā)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi लेख (lekh), from Sanskrit लेख (lekha). Doublet of لیکھا (lekhā) and لیکھ (lekh).
Noun
لیکھ • (lekh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لیکھ (lekh) | لیکھ (lekh) |
| oblique | لیکھ (lekh) | لیکھاں (lekhāṉ) |
| vocative | لیکھا (lekhā) | لیکھو (lekho) |
| ablative | لیکھوں (lekhoṉ) | لیکھاں (lekhāṉ) |
| locative | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ) |
| instrumental | لیکھوں (lekhoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لیکھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “لیکھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lēkhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /leːkʰ/
Noun
لیکھ • (lekh) m (Hindi spelling लेख) (rare or obsolete)
- a writing[1]
- article
- paper
- entry
- note
- inscription
- اردو یا ہندوستانی زبان نستعلیق لیکھ پر لکھا جاتا ہے.
- Urdu or Hindustani language is written on Nastaleeq script.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ “لیکھ لفظ کے معانی | lekh - Urdu meaning”, in Rekhta Dictionary[1] (in Urdu), 15 December 2023 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 December 2023