लेखनी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /leː.kʰə.niː/, [leː.kʰɐ.niː]
Noun
लेखनी • (lekhanī) f (Urdu spelling لیکھنی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | लेखनी lekhnī |
लेखनियाँ lekhniyā̃ |
| oblique | लेखनी lekhnī |
लेखनियों lekhniyõ |
| vocative | लेखनी lekhnī |
लेखनियो lekhniyo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লেখনী (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬾᬔᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
- লেখনী (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰸𑰏𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑁂𑀔𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- လေခနီ (Burmese script)
- લેખની (Gujarati script)
- ਲੇਖਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑍇𑌖𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦺꦑꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂵𑂎𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೇಖನೀ (Kannada script)
- លេខនី (Khmer script)
- ເລຂນີ (Lao script)
- ലേഖനീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡝᡘᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘹𑘏𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠧᠻᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧚𑦯𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐾𑐏𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଲେଖନୀ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢾꢓꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆼𑆒𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖸𑖏𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ලෙඛනී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩔𑩝𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚲𑚋𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
- லேக²நீ (Tamil script)
- లేఖనీ (Telugu script)
- เลขนี (Thai script)
- ལེ་ཁ་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒹𑒐𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨄𑨌𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the feminine form of लेखन (lekhana, “scratching, scarifying, scraping”), from the root लिख् (likh, “to write”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪eː.kʰɐ.n̪iː/
Noun
लेखनी • (lekhanī) stem, f
- an instrument for writing or painting, reed-pen, painting-brush, pen, pencil
- Synonym: कलम (kalama)
- Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लेखनी (lekhanī) | लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau) | लेखन्यः (lekhanyaḥ) |
| accusative | लेखनीम् (lekhanīm) | लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau) | लेखनीः (lekhanīḥ) |
| instrumental | लेखन्या (lekhanyā) | लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām) | लेखनीभिः (lekhanībhiḥ) |
| dative | लेखन्यै (lekhanyai) | लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām) | लेखनीभ्यः (lekhanībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लेखन्याः (lekhanyāḥ) | लेखनीभ्याम् (lekhanībhyām) | लेखनीभ्यः (lekhanībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लेखन्याः (lekhanyāḥ) | लेखन्योः (lekhanyoḥ) | लेखनीनाम् (lekhanīnām) |
| locative | लेखन्याम् (lekhanyām) | लेखन्योः (lekhanyoḥ) | लेखनीषु (lekhanīṣu) |
| vocative | लेखनि (lekhani) | लेखन्यौ (lekhanyau) | लेखन्यः (lekhanyaḥ) |
Descendants
- → Assamese: লেখনী (lekhoni)
- → Bengali: লেখনী (lekhoni)
- → Burmese: လီခနီ (lihka.ni)
- → Dhivehi: ލޭކަނީ (lēkanī)
- → Gujarati: લેખની (lekhnī)
- Hindustani:
- → Kannada: ಲೇಖನಿ (lēkhani)
- → Khmer: លេខនី (leikhaʼnii)
- → Malayalam: ലേഖനി (lēkhani)
- → Marathi: लोखणी (lokhṇī), लेखनी (lekhnī)
- → Nepali: लेखनी (lekhanī)
- → Odia: ଲେଖନୀ (lekhani)
- → Punjabi: ਲੇਖਨੀ (lekhnī)
- → Sinhalese: ලේඛනී (lēkhanī)
- → Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠈꠘꠤ (lexóni)
- → Tamil: லேகநீ (lēkanī)
- → Telugu: లేఖని (lēkhani)
- → Thai: เลกฮานี
- → Tibetan: ལེཁནཱི (lekhnī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लेखनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901, column 2.