लेखनी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
लेखनी • (lekhanī) f (Urdu spelling لیکھنی)
Declension edit
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From the feminine form of लेखन (lekhana, “scratching, scarifying, scraping”), from the root लिख् (likh, “to write”). The sense 'pen' is an innovation from Hindi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
लेखनी • (lekhanī) stem, f
- Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)
- pen
- Synonym: कलम (kalama)
Declension edit
Feminine ī-stem declension of लेखनी (lekhanī) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | लेखनी lekhanī |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
Vocative | लेखनि lekhani |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
Accusative | लेखनीम् lekhanīm |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखनीः lekhanīḥ |
Instrumental | लेखन्या lekhanyā |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभिः lekhanībhiḥ |
Dative | लेखन्यै lekhanyai |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
Ablative | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
Genitive | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीनाम् lekhanīnām |
Locative | लेखन्याम् lekhanyām |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीषु lekhanīṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “लेखनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901.
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