لیکھ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /leː.kʰᵊ/, [leːkʰˑə̆]

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)

Related terms

• لیکھا (lekhā)

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /leːkʰ/

Noun

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

1. a writing
   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

• لیکھک

Related terms

• لکھنا