لیکھ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

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)

  1. fate (ie. destiny)

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)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Punjab) article; document.

Declension
Declension of لیکھ‎
dir. sg. لیکھ‎ (lekh)
dir. pl. لیکھ‎ (lekh)
singular plural
direct لیکھ‎ (lekh) لیکھ‎ (lekh)
oblique لیکھ‎ (lekh) لیکھاں‎ (lekhāṉ)
vocative لیکھا‎ (lekhā) لیکھو‎ (lekho)
ablative لیکھوں‎ (lekhoṉ) —
locative لیکھے‎ (lekhe) لیکھِیں‎ (lekhīṉ)
instrumental لیکھے‎ (lekhe) لیکھِیں‎ (lekhīṉ)

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, 2024
  • 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

Noun

لیکھ • (lekh) m (Hindi spelling लेख) (rare or obsolete)

  1. a writing[1]
    1. article
    2. paper
    3. entry
    4. note
    5. inscription
      ‏اردو یا ہندوستانی زبان نستعلیق لیکھ پر لکھا جاتا ہے.‎‎
      Urdu or Hindustani language is written on Nastaleeq script.

Derived terms

References
  1. “لیکھ لفظ کے معانی | lekh - Urdu meaning”, in Rekhta Dictionary‎ (in Urdu), accessed 2023-12-15, archived from the original on 15 December 2023
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