రేఖ

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā, “scratch, streak, stripe, line; continuous line, row, range, series”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reːkʱa]

Noun

రేఖ • (rēkha) ? (plural రేఖలు)

1. line, streak, stripe
2. row
3. (palmistry) line upon the palm, or on the sole of the foot.
4. fortune, one's lot or destiny (in connection with palmistry)
5. beauty, grace

Synonyms

• గీత (gīta)

Derived terms

• కర్కటరేఖ (karkaṭarēkha, “Tropic of Cancer”)
• భాగ్యరేఖ (bhāgyarēkha)
• భూమధ్యరేఖ (bhūmadhyarēkha, “Earth's Equator”)
• మకరరేఖ (makararēkha, “Tropic of Capricorn”)
• రేఖాంశము (rēkhāṁśamu, “longitude”)
• రేఖాగణితము (rēkhāgaṇitamu, “geometry”)
• వక్రరేఖ (vakrarēkha, “curved line”)
• సరళరేఖ (saraḷarēkha, “straight line”)
• హలరేఖ (halarēkha)

Proper noun

రేఖ • (rēkha) f

1. a female given name from Sanskrit

References

• "రేఖ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1086