لیکھا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, “document; writing”). Doublet of لیکھ (lekh)
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /leː.kʰäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: لے‧کھا
Noun edit
لیکھا • (lekhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖਾ)
- account
- Synonym: حِساب کِتاب (ḥisāb kitāb)
- reckoning
- calculation
- Synonym: حِساب (ḥisāb)
- amount
- Synonym: رَقَم (raqam)
Declension edit
| Declension of لیکھا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | لیکھا (lekhā) | |
| dir. pl. | لیکھے (lekhe) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | لیکھا (lekhā) | لیکھے (lekhe) |
| oblique | لیکھے (lekhe) | لیکھیاں (lekheyāṉ) |
| vocative | لیکھیا (lekheyā) | لیکھیو (lekheyo) |
| ablative | لیکھیوں (lekheyoṉ) | — |
| locative | لیکھے (lekhe) | — |
| instrumental | لیکھے (lekhe) | — |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لیکھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “لیکھا”, 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