lekhaka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀮𑁂𑀔𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • लेखक (Devanagari script)
  • লেখক (Bengali script)
  • ලෙඛක (Sinhalese script)
  • လေခက or လေၶၵ (Burmese script)
  • เลขก or เลขะกะ (Thai script)
  • ᩃᩮᨡᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເລຂກ or ເລຂະກະ (Lao script)
  • លេខក (Khmer script)
  • 𑄣𑄬𑄈𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit लिख् (likh)
    Sanskrit -अक (-aka)
    Sanskrit लेखक (lekhaka)
    Pali lekhaka

    Inherited from Sanskrit लेखक (lekhaka).

    Noun

    lekhaka m

    1. writer
    2. scribe; copyist
    3. clerk; secretary

    Declension

    Declension table of "lekhaka" (masculine)
    Case \ NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)lekhakolekhakā
    Accusative (second)lekhakaṃlekhake
    Instrumental (third)lekhakenalekhakehi or lekhakebhi
    Dative (fourth)lekhakassa or lekhakāya or lekhakatthaṃlekhakānaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)lekhakasmā or lekhakamhā or lekhakālekhakehi or lekhakebhi
    Genitive (sixth)lekhakassalekhakānaṃ
    Locative (seventh)lekhakasmiṃ or lekhakamhi or lekhakelekhakesu
    Vocative (calling)lekhakalekhakā

    References

    • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lekhaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 585
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lekhaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 646
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