लेखनी
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखनी (lekhanī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]लेखनी • (lekhanī) f (Urdu spelling لیکھنی)
Declension
[edit]Declension of लेखनी (fem ī-stem)
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the feminine form of लेखन (lekhana, “scratching, scarifying, scraping”), from the root लिख् (likh, “to write”). The sense 'pen' is an innovation from Hindi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]लेखनी • (lekhanī) stem, f
- Saccharum spontaneum (a sort of reed of which pens are made)
- pen
- Synonym: कलम (kalama)
Declension
[edit]Feminine ī-stem declension of लेखनी (lekhanī) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | लेखनी lekhanī |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
Vocative | लेखनि lekhani |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखन्यः / लेखनीः¹ lekhanyaḥ / lekhanīḥ¹ |
Accusative | लेखनीम् lekhanīm |
लेखन्यौ / लेखनी¹ lekhanyau / lekhanī¹ |
लेखनीः lekhanīḥ |
Instrumental | लेखन्या lekhanyā |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभिः lekhanībhiḥ |
Dative | लेखन्यै lekhanyai |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
Ablative | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखनीभ्याम् lekhanībhyām |
लेखनीभ्यः lekhanībhyaḥ |
Genitive | लेखन्याः / लेखन्यै² lekhanyāḥ / lekhanyai² |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीनाम् lekhanīnām |
Locative | लेखन्याम् lekhanyām |
लेखन्योः lekhanyoḥ |
लेखनीषु lekhanīṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Hindustani:
- → Khmer: លេខនី (leikhaʼnii)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “लेखनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 901.
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- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिख्
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- Sanskrit feminine nouns
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- sa:Tools
- sa:Writing instruments