लेखणी

Marathi

Alternative forms

• लेखनी (lekhnī) (Sanskrit spelling)
• लेखण (lekhaṇ)

Etymology

एक लेखणी व तिचे भाग

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lekʰ.ɳi/, [lekʰ.ɳiː]

Noun

लेखणी • (lekhṇī) f

1. pen (writing tool)

Declension

Declension of लेखणी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	लेखणी lekhṇī
direct plural	लेखण्या lekhṇyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	लेखणी lekhṇī		लेखण्या lekhṇyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	लेखणी lekhṇī		लेखण्यां- lekhṇyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	लेखणीला lekhṇīlā		लेखण्यांना lekhṇyānnā
ergative	लेखणीने, लेखणीनं lekhṇīne, lekhṇīna		लेखण्यांनी lekhṇyānnī
instrumental	लेखणीशी lekhṇīśī		लेखण्यांशी lekhṇyānśī
locative सप्तमी	लेखणीत lekhṇīt		लेखण्यांत lekhṇyāt
vocative संबोधन	लेखणी lekhṇī		लेखण्यांनो lekhṇyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of लेखणी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	लेखणीचा lekhṇīċā	लेखणीचे lekhṇīċe	लेखणीची lekhṇīcī	लेखणीच्या lekhṇīcā	लेखणीचे, लेखणीचं lekhṇīċe, lekhṇīċa	लेखणीची lekhṇīcī	लेखणीच्या lekhṇīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	लेखण्यांचा lekhṇyānċā	लेखण्यांचे lekhṇyānċe	लेखण्यांची lekhṇyāñcī	लेखण्यांच्या lekhṇyāncā	लेखण्यांचे, लेखण्यांचं lekhṇyānċe, lekhṇyānċa	लेखण्यांची lekhṇyāñcī	लेखण्यांच्या lekhṇyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लेखणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Rajasthani

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).

Noun

लेखणी (lekhṇī) f

1. pen (writing tool)

References

• Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 304. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).