لیکھ

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Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Punjabi لیکھ (lekh /⁠lykh⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), ultimately from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, document; writing).

Noun

لیکھ (lekhm (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 (lekhm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖ)

  1. (chiefly India) 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 لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ)
instrumental

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 (lekhm (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), 2023 December 15 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 December 2023