lekhaka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑁂𑀔𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• लेखक (Devanagari script)
• লেখক (Bengali script)
• ලෙඛක (Sinhalese script)
• လေခက or လေၶၵ (Burmese script)
• เลขก or เลขะกะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᨡᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເລຂກ or ເລຂະກະ (Lao script)
• លេខក (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄬𑄈𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लेखक (lekhaka).

Noun

lekhaka m

1. writer
2. scribe; copyist
3. clerk; secretary

Declension

Declension table of "lekhaka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lekhako	lekhakā
Accusative (second)	lekhakaṃ	lekhake
Instrumental (third)	lekhakena	lekhakehi or lekhakebhi
Dative (fourth)	lekhakassa or lekhakāya or lekhakatthaṃ	lekhakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lekhakasmā or lekhakamhā or lekhakā	lekhakehi or lekhakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lekhakassa	lekhakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lekhakasmiṃ or lekhakamhi or lekhake	lekhakesu
Vocative (calling)	lekhaka	lekhakā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lekhaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead