لیکھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔 (lĕkkha), from Sanskrit लेख्य (lēkhya, “document; writing”). Doublet of لیکھ (lekh)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /leː.kʰäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: لے‧کھا

Noun

لیکھا • (lekhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਖਾ)

1. account

   Synonym: حِساب کِتاب (ḥisāb kitāb)

2. reckoning
3. calculation

   Synonym: حِساب (ḥisāb)

4. amount

   Synonym: رَقَم (raqam)

Declension

Declension of لیکھا
dir. sg.	لیکھا (lekhā)
dir. pl.	لیکھے (lekhe)
	singular	plural
direct	لیکھا (lekhā)	لیکھے (lekhe)
oblique	لیکھے (lekhe)	لیکھیْاں (lekhiyāṉ)
vocative	لیکھیْا (lekhiyā)	لیکھیو (lekheyo)
ablative	لیکھیوں (lekheyoṉ)	لیکھیْاں (lekhiyāṉ)
locative	–	لیکھِیں (lekhīṉ)
instrumental	لیکھے (lekhe)	–

Further reading

• 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